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🏴🇸🇳 Watford have released Ismaïla Sarr for AFCON!
The Senegalese FA sent their formal complain to FIFA, and the player will now be part of the Senegal team in Cameroon.
A win for Africa, but it's disgraceful this had to even happen.
🇧🇪🇿🇦 Hugo Broos seems to be the best manager South Africa have had in a VERY long time.
His transparency & open criticism of SAFA means he is putting football first, and politics a distant second.
Bafana Bafana have a real winner on their hands.
🇪🇬🇹🇿 Al Ittihad are interested in Dick Job.
The Tanzanian has inpressed for Yanga SC this season at centre-back, and at only 21 years of age, looks to be a shrewd investment.
FINAL SCORE:
🇱🇾 Libya 2-3 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea.
The game was 2-2 deep into extra time, before an Obama strike late into this battle left the Libyans in the rubble on 90+4 minutes.
🇨🇭🇨🇲 Gaël Ondoua has been DENIED a visa to enter Scotland!
The Cameroon international, who plays for Servette, will not take part in the UCL qualifier against Rangers.
Ondoa grew up in Russia as a child, and holds double citizenship. He was denied entry due to this.
Shameful.
🏆😔 What a shame...
The African Cup of Nations in 2022 may be cancelled.
The Civil War & COVID-19 situation in Cameroon has already made the draw untenable, and there are discussions that AFCON may just be suspended altogether.
Dr. Motsepe is in a tough situation.
🚨🇧🇴🇿🇦 BREAKING! DONE DEAL!
Erwin Saavedra is a Mamelodi Sundowns player.
Bolivar will receive $1,200,000 (R18M). Erwin has a three-year contract, with an 18 month extension.
Saveedra becomes the most expensive player in PSL history, breaking Mbulelo Mabizela's 16-year record!
🇧🇫🗣 Burkina Faso's Kamou Malo on local coaches:
"I want to pay tribute to Aliou Cissé, [one] of the small handful of African managers. He is fighting a fight that I have an affinity for,"
"African leaders must trust local coaches."
Adama Traoré has become the 4th Adama Traoré to appear in the UEFA Champions League, after Adama Traoré, Adama Traoré & Adama Traoré.
😎 It's in the name.
🇿🇦🇪🇬 On 6 April 2019, Mamelodi Sundowns thrashed Al Ahly 5-0.
Since then, Al Ahly hired Sundowns manager Pitso Mosimane, and have won two Champions Leagues & two Super Cups. Sundowns have zero since.
Al Ahly's warning on that day proved true...
Vincent Aboubakar 🗣"I am better than Mo Salah"
🇨🇲 Vincent Aboubakar:
⚽️⚽️ 2 World Cup Goals
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ 9 AFCON Goals
🏆 1 AFCON
👞 AFCON Golden Boot
🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah:
⚽️⚽️ 2 World Cup Goals
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ 6 AFCON Goals
❌️ 2 AFCONs Lost
🤔 Does Aboubakar have a point?
🇺🇬🇨🇿 Bobosi Byaruhanga (21, MF) is a very talented midfielder currently at MFK Vyskov in the Czech Republic.
One of the best players in the Ugandan PL last season, the former Vipers man was key in their shock CAFCL qualification.
👀 One to keep an eye on in the next few years.
🇨🇲 Etienne Eto'o (Samuel Eto'o's son) is in the Cameroon squad for the U20 AFCON.
The Real Oviedo youngster decided to represent his father's country instead of Spain, his country of birth.
🏴🇸🇳 Watford have refused to let Ismaïla Sarr join Senegal at AFCON.
This is despite negotiating an agreement that allowed Sarr to join up if Senegal reached the Quarter-Finals.
@FSFofficielle
have denounced the decision as "reprobate" & "discriminatory".
🇬🇳 Guinea manager Kaba Diawara has criticised Liverpool regarding their late release of Naby Keïta.
🗣 "If Klopp is telling Keïta to stay until 2nd January, that means they will play him,"
"He is fragile. If he plays, he will get injured, and Guinea will lose out."
🇿🇲 Red Arrows FC have been recommended to send their players for psychology sessions.
There are concerns that the 60,000-strong crowd at 🇹🇿 Simba may bring "fear" to players due to "huge crowds".
🤔 Best atmosphere in Africa?
[Zambian Soccer Magazine]
In case you forgot...
🇳🇬🏴 Man Utd signed Obi Mikel from 🇳🇴 Lyn in 2006 and held a press conference with the player.
Chelsea claimed they had a pre-contract agreement dating to 2004.
😭 Obi Mikel was then "kidnapped" to London and joined Chelsea for €23M!
🇱🇷👶 A "Primary" threat...
11-year-old Eric Marshall is playing in the Liberian fourth tier for FC Gar’ou.
The youngster is insanely talented, playing with people who are almost 2 decades older than him.
🇮🇳🇬🇷🇳🇬 East Bengal have signed Nigerian junior international Bright Enobakhare from AEK Athens.
He was playing for Wolves in the Premier League at the start of this year.
Strange, but brilliant signing for Indian football.
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👀 Rhulani Mokwena is on an 18-game unbeaten run with Sundowns & at 36, is one of the youngest managers in Africa's Top 5 Leagues 🤩
He also hasn't got a CAF Pro License, but Sundowns don't pay R22,000 each time he manages a game 😅
🇹🇿 Simba are the greatest-improved team on the continent. From whipping boys to title contenders in only a few years.
East Africa has now easily surpassed the West. Only Horoya are still a force to be reckoned with.
🇩🇪🇨🇩 He's only 21...
Silas Wamangituka has been named the Bundesliga Rookie of the season.
The Congolese youngster managed 11 goals & 5 assists this season for Stuttgart.
Congratulations!
Naby Keita has donated 150,000,000 CFA Francs (23,000 Euro) to the victims of the Guinea bus crash.
His cousin, who plays for second tier team Etoile de Guinea, was among the survivors.
@Fsfofficielle
I don't see Watford getting away with this lightly, especially after the situation with Emmanuel Dennis.
Then again, a fine from FIFA will probably work out cheaper for them than losing key players for a relegation battle.
🇿🇦🇧🇴 Mamelodi Sundowns are interested in Bolivia international Ramiro Vaca Ponce (21, MF).
The Strongest player has been crucial for Bolivia in the Copa America & has impressed in the Libertadores.
First Pavol Safranko, now Ramiro Ponce. Sundowns are back!
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🇿🇦 AmaZulu have qualified for the CAF Champions League for the first time in their history.
👏 WHAT a job by Benni McCarthy and his boys.
Any doubters of McCarthy should apologise now.
🇩🇿 Zinedine Zidane has donated medical equipment to hospitals in Wilaya de Béjaïa, his parents' home province.
The donation composed of PPE, money for healthcare workers, and respirators, all of which are very hard to come by at the moment.
👏 Never forget the past.
The 8 teams participating in the first edition of the CAF Women's Champions League:
🇪🇬 Wadi Degla
🇿🇦 Sundowns
🇰🇪 Vihiga Queens
🇬🇶 Malabo King
🇲🇦 FAR Rabat
🇬🇭 Hasaacas Ladies
🇲🇱 AS Mandé
🇳🇬 River's Angels
🇹🇿 Azam will broadcast all 306 games of the 20/21 Tanzanian PL season.
This will be the first time a Sub-Saharan African league has done this, with not even the PSL showing all their games.
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🇿🇦 Rumours state that Pitso has resigned from Sundowns to join Al Ahly.
He deserves the move. Pitso is the most successful manager in South African history with 15 major trophies, including a Champions League.
👏 Thank you,
@TheRealPitso
, for all you have done for football.
🇨🇵 All players nominated for the Marc-Vivien Foé award:
🇸🇳 Idrissa Gueye
🇳🇬 Victor Osimhen
🇩🇿 Islam Slimani
🇸🇳 Habib Diallo
🇸🇳 Edouard Mendy
🇸🇳 Mbaye Niang
🇲🇦 Yunis Abdelhamid
🇬🇦 Denis Bouanga
🇩🇿 Andy Delort
🇳🇬 Moses Simon
🇲🇱 Hamari Traore
👏 Congratulations to all of them.
CAF Top 12 Coefficient (as it stands)
1️⃣ Morocco 🇲🇦
2️⃣ Egypt 🇪🇬
3️⃣ Tunisia 🇹🇳
4️⃣ Algeria 🇩🇿
5️⃣ South Africa 🇿🇦
6️⃣ DR Congo 🇨🇩
7️⃣ Guinea 🇬🇳
8️⃣ Zambia 🇿🇲
9️⃣ Angola 🇦🇴
=1️⃣0️⃣ Sudan 🇸🇩
=1️⃣0️⃣ Nigeria 🇳🇬
1️⃣2️⃣ Tanzania 🇹🇿
These leagues are poised to enter four teams next season.
🇧🇫🚨 Edmond Tapsoba, Dango Ouattara, Oula Abass Traoré, Saidou Simporé, Soumaïla Ouattara have all reportedly returned positive.
Burkina Faso suspect foul play, as there was a medical team that showed up to do the tests, yet CAF stated they did not send any team to their hotel.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso have had 9 players and staff test positive for COVID-19, just before the
#AFCON2021
opener against Cameroon.
Burkina Faso believe this is a CAF "conspiracy" to give Cameroon a walkover.
"It's a scandal. we need to investigate this." said Bertrand Traoré.
🇸🇳 Edouard Mendy on being named
#TheBest
goalkeeper:
"It's something historic because it's the 1st time an African goalkeeper has claimed this award. I feel really proud on behalf of Senegal & Africa."
Khama Billiat has to be (so far) the largest waste of potential I have seen in Africa.
Unlike Mputu and Aboutrika who stayed and made their name on the continent, Billiat left a very good club for a worse club that will pay him more instead of a European move.
🇪🇬🇿🇦 Chiefs vs Ahly is exactly what African Football needed.
The marketing, big names & passionate fanbases will make this the BIGGEST African Champions League Final so far.
Won't be surprised if people in Europe start to tune in.
🇳🇬🇧🇪🏴 Emmanuel Dennis Bonaventure (23, FW) has transferred from Club Brugge to Watford.
The "Destroyer of the Bernabeu" will be a welcome addition to the Premier League.
🇨🇲 Samuel Eto'o on complaints over infrastructure:
🗣 "I have nothing to say regarding Japoma stadium, but I want to tell Algeria & Ivory Coast that even [Infantino] wanted to change the date & place of AFCON and [failed]."
"We are not here to please anyone."
🇳🇬 Musa is back!
Ahmed Musa has rejoined Kano Pillars FC in the Nigerian Premier League.
The Super-Eagles captain will join them on a short-term deal, leaving when he receives an international offer.
At 28, Musa still has a long way to go. Big signing for Kano State.
🇹🇿 The Mkapa stadium was full today for Wiki Ya Mwananchi.
Yanga Fans and Dar es Salam residents alike have come here in what looks like they will rival Simba Day turnout.
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🇪🇬🏴 Kareem Ahmed (15, FW) is a young Egyptian in Liverpool's U18 team.
The talented youngster scored in an FA Youth Cup match today.
Born in England, he is already part of Egypt's youth setup & has rejected transfer offers from Manchester City & Everton.
🤔 A new Mo Salah?
🇿🇦 Rushine De Reuck has received offers from Belgium & Sweden.
The Mamelodi Sundowns star will only leave for a price deemed acceptable by the club.
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🇬🇳 Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya handed over the national flag to the Guinea team ahead of AFCON.
“The cup, or you reinburse the money that's been invested in you!” was the message of the transitional president to the squad.
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🇦🇴 Another nationality change...
Leeds Utd's Helder Costa has opted to play for Angola.
Will be a good influence in the dressing room.
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@CabineSport
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🇲🇱 RB Salzburg have 3 more Malian recruits!
Mamady Diambou, Nene Dorgeles and Daouda Guindo (all 18) were signed from Guidars FC.
Exciting things to come yet again.