On-song Modeste eyes France call-up
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Cologne forward Anthony Modeste is hoping his purple patch leads to a France call-up. The 27-year-old has had a great start to the Bundsliga season since switching from Hoffenheim, scoring six goals in five games, and is hoping his form will attract the attention of France coach Didier Deschamps.
"I want to take my chance in Cologne to show everyone what I'm capable of," Modeste told German magazine Sport Bild after winning 14 caps for the France U-21s. "If you're successful and your club is doing well, you attract attention, and in Cologne the media presence is greater than at Hoffenheim."
After scoring 23 goals in two seasons at Hoffenheim, the former Bordeaux player has hit the ground running this campaign. Modeste has scored three goals, plus two assists, in four domestic matches and bagged himself a hat-trick in Cologne's 4-0 win over minnows Meppen in the DFB-Pokal.
He even managed to get on the score-sheet in Cologne's 6-2 drubbing at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend, which left them eighth in the table.
Modeste has a good chance to add to his tally when Cologne host bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, with Lucien Favre's side having suffered four straight league defeats.