Portsmouth fullback Lauren wants to make an international comeback with Cameroon.

He told Cameroon newspaper Mutations: "There is a hope for me, because to play a World Cup for an African team in Africa is unbelievable and fantastic.

"But to reach the World Cup I need to play the qualifying games.

"I will see the manager as soon as possible, we have an appointment to meet, and we will talk.

"I left the national team because of personal reasons and also our organisation around the national team was not very professional.

"I spoke with Geremi, he tried to convince me to return early on, but I decided not to because things did not improve. He was not happy. However, he keeps telling me the team need me."