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Former United Player Aims To Be In Brazil. Signs Short-Term Contract With Club

Former Manchester United player Eric Djemba-Djemba hopes he can play his way to the World Cup finals in Brazil.

Djemba-Djemba, who was released by Partizan Belgrade in December six months into a two-year deal, has agreed a short-term contract in Paisley.

“I hope the Cameroon manager can see me playing here and I can get in the squad,” said the 32-year-old, who already has 24 international caps.

“You never know. I would be very happy to play for my country again.”

Djemba-Djemba has not been in the recent squads of Cameroon head coach Volker Finke but is hopeful of impressing the German.

“I just need to play football and enjoy myself,” he told BBC Scotland.

“After that, we’ll see if the Cameroon manager will think about me. It will depend on him.”

It was former St Mirren manager Sir Alex Ferguson who first brought Djemba-Djemba to Britain when Manchester United paid Nantes £3.5m for his services in 2003.

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