Brian Madjo's name has been circulating for several days around the Cameroonian football federation. The young Aston Villa forward, who set a record at the UEFA Super Cup in early August, has been described by several specialist outlets as open to one day wearing the Indomitable Lions' jersey, even though his international path remains, at this stage, entirely unwritten.
It all started with a single match: on 4 August 2026, aged just 17 years and 212 days, Madjo scored against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup, becoming the youngest scorer in the competition's history and erasing a record previously held by Patrick Kluivert. His participation was far from guaranteed: he had only been cleared to play official matches for Aston Villa's first team after a successful appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Born on 12 January 2009 in Enfield, north London, Brian Madjo is the son of former Cameroon international Guy Madjo, but grew up mainly in Luxembourg. Formed at Metz, he made his professional debut there on 17 August 2025, aged 16, becoming the club's youngest-ever Ligue 1 player and breaking a record that had stood since 1974. Aston Villa signed him in January 2026 for a fee reported at around €12 million.
On the international front, his situation is particularly fluid. Madjo had already earned three friendly caps for Luxembourg, against Sweden, Switzerland and Slovenia, before turning down, in late August 2025, a call-up for official World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Northern Ireland. Luxembourg's coach at the time, Jeff Strasser, suggested the player's entourage had influenced the decision. Madjo then joined England's youth set-up, where he has won nine caps and scored four goals at under-17 level.
It is against this backdrop that Cameroon's name resurfaced. Samuel Eto'o, president of the Cameroonian football federation, travelled to England in recent days, a trip that fuelled speculation about possible contact with the Aston Villa forward. No meeting between the two men has been confirmed so far, and no official call-up has been issued by Fecafoot.
Cameroon's interest stems from the eligibility rules: having played no official match for a senior team, Madjo retains the option of choosing between several nations — Cameroon through his parents, England through his birth, or even Luxembourg again, where he grew up. For now, only an informal contact reported by Cameroonian media and picked up more widely keeps the story alive, with no deadline set for a final decision.
