Africa's Cup threatens: We won't let the players join this race

As if rumors of a possible tournament annulment were not enough, a new storm strikes the 2021 African Nations Cup. The Association of European Clubs (ECA) has actually threatened the African Confederate not to release players for the tournament, due to the lack of an adequate health protocol and fears over travel restrictions regarding the Devid-19 pandemic.

“In our knowledge, the African Football Confederate has not yet made public an adequate and operational protocol for the Can Tour, in the absence of which clubs cannot release their players”, says an email sent. FIFA last Friday.

Besides missing a health protocol, The ECA highlights the risk of a longer-than-expected lack of players, due to “carnates and travel restrictions” especially linked to showing the Omitron version of the coronary. Under the rules for the release of national teams, confirmed several times by FIFA since August 2020, clubs can ban their players if “a quarantine of at least five days is mandatory by arrival” at the “site should be held, or at club headquarters after his return”. The Board of Directors of ECA in early December reiterated that these principles should be strictly respected “”.