,,I wish them the best. But either they sign a statement that they distance themselves from the Africa Cup, or I don’t need them anymore. We are idiots if we pay their salaries and still have to miss them.”
The Africa Cup is often played at the beginning of the calendar year, because of the heat in Africa in June and July. At the beginning of this year, Napoli had to give up many football players to participants in the Africa Cup. Important players such as Kalidou Koulibaly and Frank Zambo-Anguissa played for Senegal and Cameroon. Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen missed the tournament due to an injury.
World football association FIFA obliges all clubs to hand over internationals to national teams.
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