The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has requested the British Government to grant an exemption to African players for the international window.

Britain had placed precautionary measures to confront the coronavirus outbreak, which put returnees from some countries in compulsory health isolation for a period of 10 days upon their return to England.

If the measures are enforced players travelling to some red-list countries will miss at least three matches for their clubs while in isolation.

“CAF has noted the current circumstances in place in Britain regarding the lack of sporting exemptions for players returning from several African countries after the international window next week.

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