AFCON 2021: European Clubs Threaten Not To Release Players
There are concerns about the rising cases of the new Covid variant before the continental showpiece starts in January.
The European Clubs Association (ECA) have threatened to block players from representing their countries at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
In a letter to the Deputy General Secretary of Fifa – Mattias Grafstrom - the ECA expressed its concerns over the rising cases of the new variant of coronavirus, Omicron, and travel restrictions put in place by government authorities.
They classified their worries into three principles which are:
The obligation for each national association that wishes to call a player for national team duty to establish, to the satisfaction of the respective clubs, that all applicable medical protocols have been implemented and enforced.
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