CAN 2021: a letter from the clubs revealed, CAF denies the cancellation! – Eleven World

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While the CAN 2021 starts in less than a month, the African competition has never been so threatened as now. Until now, the main threat has been that of relocation with doubts about infrastructure in Cameroon, even pushing to consider holding the competition elsewhere, especially in Qatar.

But in recent days, Covid-19 and the Omicron variant have become the main problem. European clubs are braking four irons to send their players to Africa, given the health context and potential isolation measures on their return. RMC announced this morning that the holding of the competition was called into question. The manager of the Mauritania Foot site, Lassana Camara, published on his Twitter account the entire letter sent by the ECA (European Association of Clubs) to FIFA and CAF, confirming their intention not to release the players playing. in Europe !

But faced with this information, CAF did not take long to respond. Through journalist Saddick Adams who questioned the body, the African Confederation denied the rumors of cancellation by qualifying them as fake news. To be continued …

to summarize

The controversy over the potential cancellation of CAN 2021 continues to swell. The association of European clubs would indeed have officially communicated on its intention not to release the players for the competition. While CAF denied a potential cancellation.