December 12, 2021
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On today’s EFD Explained, we take a look at the upcoming Africa Cup Of Nations, and assess how it will affect clubs in the Premier League and in Europe.
International tournaments have long been a bug-bear for managers at the top level of the club game, and the Africa Cup Of Nations, which has classically been run mid-season, is perhaps the most noteworthy for this reason. Founded in 1957, a year before the European Championships, the AFCON is one of the most prestigious and passionately supported competitions in the international football calendar, but has come under increasing scrutiny over the last thirty years, with more and more of the continent’s top professionals playing in Europe, and with club competitions like the Premier League and Champions League becoming evermore lucrative and powerful. And after a move to a summer competition in 2019, the CAF's decision to move the latest event to January 2022 will of course bring disruption to a number of top clubs.
Meanwhile the global pandemic and emergence the omicron variant, which was first reported in South Africa, has led the European Club Association to seek urgent talks with FIFA over player welfare at the tournament, with the organisation reportedly keen to avoid the problems faced during the September international break, when Premier League clubs refused to release players travelling to countries on the UK’s red list, and a World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina had to be abandoned.
But which clubs will be most affected by the tournament in Cameroon? And does the competition receive an unfair amount of scrutiny? Let’s find out.
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