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AFCON 2017: Cameroon Players Withdraw En-mass by kogistar: 9:32pm On Dec 20, 2016 |
The Indomitable Lions of
Cameroon are in total disarray
ahead of next year’s AFCON in
Gabon after as many as seven
players on their 35-man
provisional squad including
Premier League stars Joel
Matip and Allan Nyom opted
out.
Cameroon coach Hugo Bros
raised alarm over the
availability of the country’s top
stars for the African Cup of
Nations billed for Gabon next
month.
Liverpool defender Matip,
Nyom from West Bromwich
Albion, Ajax Amsterdam
goalkeeper Andre Onana, Guy
Roland Ndy Assembe of Nancy
and Andre Zambo Anguissa
from Olympique Marseille have
withdrawn from the four-time
African champions squad to
Gabon 2017.
Others who have opted out are
Maxime Poundje of Bordeaux
and Ibrahim Amadou from
Lille.
Matip has insisted on
continuing his self-imposed
exile from international
football after his bad
experience with the previous
Indomitable Lions coaches,
while Onana, Assembe, Nyom
have put club before country
so as to maintain first-team
places at their various clubs.
Poundje has opted to try his
luck with France instead of
Cameroon.
However, Cameroon could still
get these top stars to feature
at the AFCON should they
report them to world football
governing body FIFA.
For the 2017 AFCON,
Cameroon are drawn in Group
A alongside hosts Gabon,
Burkina Faso and debutants
Guinea Bissau.
They are also pitched against
Nigeria, Zambia and Algeria in
the qualifying tournament for
the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The Indomitable Lions are
second in the group with two
points from as many matches,
four points behind leaders
Nigeria and both teams clash
in a double-header from
August 2017.
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