Cameroonian midfielder Modeste Mbami insisted that even though he watches his country’s performance in the African Cup of Nations (ACN) closely, he doesn’t regret staying behind with French club Saint Germain.

“I’m watching Cameroon’s African Cup campaign and I’m very enthusiastic about it, it’s the biggest competition in Africa, and I think that we are doing well until now.

“We have a qualification ticket to the quarter-finals, and we have Samuel Eto’o, from now it, things will become more serious. We will play against Ivory Coast or Egypt and both of them are serious competition,” Mbami told French daily L’Equipe on Friday.

Asked about why he preferred not to take part in Cameroon’s campaign, Mbami said: “I thought for a while and decided to stay in Paris, Cameroon have all the ingredients they need to win, while Saint Germain have their problems, and I have been injured for a long time, so naturally I decided to help my teammates here.”

Cameroon qualified to the African Cup quarter-finals after defeating Angola 3-1 and Togo 2-0.