Simple solution; have it in South Africa every time.
Napoli president rules out signing Africans committed to Nations Cup
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No, thanks for your suggestion though
Summer is problematic for football in many parts of Africa (rainy season, hot temperatures and humidity)
Thought so.
Can't really blame him. I avoid Africans like the plague on my FM saves too. It's just a hassle to deal with.
Apparantly they moved the summer scheduled AFCON 2023 back to Jan 2024 because of the "weather conditions in Ivory Coast".
When you look up their weather the temperature is about the same, but it rains 2/3 of the time. I thought they blessed the rains down in Africa.
Apparantly they moved the summer scheduled AFCON 2023 back to Jan 2024 because of the "weather conditions in Ivory Coast".
When you look up their weather the temperature is about the same, but it rains 2/3 of the time. I thought they blessed the rains down in Africa.
It's been decided since 2019, and the CAF president has said the Cameroon edition was an exception. The default schedule for the cup is now summer.
Didn't know that
It might well be extremely hot in the summer especially, but does AFCON need to be held every 2 years? The Euros and the Asian Cup come along only once every 4 years, same for the Copa before they suddenly arranged one every year. Might well be beneficial for African football too.
Theory: refusing to hire African players because of their possible absence once every 2 years is as rational as refusing to hire women because of their possible absence due to pregnancy or "time of the month" events
How many games do they even miss? 3-5 games every two seasons?
It's a factor in what a club would be willing to spend on a player, but probably only accounts for a small % of games played over the course of two seasons.
It's a factor in what a club would be willing to spend on a player, but probably only accounts for a small % of games played over the course of two seasons.
Yes. It's great for the fans and players and football associations.
How would less football be beneficial for African football?
Not sure what's the reason tbh. But Copa América has taken place in Venezuela which is fecking hot.
Some absolute mental posts in this thread, very Eurocentric.
Look at how many African teams participate in the World Cup, give your head a wobble, and then contemplate again whether having the African Cup every 4 years makes sense.
And no, it won't be moved to the summer permanently either, you exclude a lot of countries potentially hosting it as well. They could try alternating but that would make it very irregular.
Napoli's loss, it would be a shame for any African youth player in there academy who might dream of playing for Napoli.
Look at how many African teams participate in the World Cup, give your head a wobble, and then contemplate again whether having the African Cup every 4 years makes sense.
And no, it won't be moved to the summer permanently either, you exclude a lot of countries potentially hosting it as well. They could try alternating but that would make it very irregular.
Napoli's loss, it would be a shame for any African youth player in there academy who might dream of playing for Napoli.
Opto Poba plays for LazioNel futuro Opti Poba non le mangera le banana di Napoli?
Understandable.
He's talking about players from Africa, what's he meant to call them?
Well we are talking about a European team in a European country.
Targeting the afcon
The world would be an awful place if everyone's view was that narrow.. oh wait..
Which has no relevance to when the CAF should be played. As over have said, it's not possible to have it during summer without excluding the vast majority of countries due to climate.
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AFCON will fall in line because of Napoli??
No one of note is going to follow suit and Join Napoli in this, certainly no major European side, they know the value of the quality of player in Africa, and also know the stupidity in giving players ultimatums over club or national side
This is nothing more than a moronic move by someone so far up himself and his self importance that he does see the retard nature of this decision
It not ideal missing players mid season of course, but plan better, if your going to take on players you know will go missing for several weeks for the AFCON, make sure you have something in place perhaps
and if you really can’t afford to miss these players, then maybe you shouldn’t have signed them in the first place, it just reeks of someone spitting their dummy out because they lost the league, boo hoo nappy man
Ridiculous
AFCON will fall in line because of Napoli??
No one of note is going to follow suit and Join Napoli in this, certainly no major European side, they know the value of the quality of player in Africa, and also know the stupidity in giving players ultimatums over club or national side
This is nothing more than a moronic move by someone so far up himself and his self importance that he does see the retard nature of this decision
It not ideal missing players mid season of course, but plan better, if your going to take on players you know will go missing for several weeks for the AFCON, make sure you have something in place perhaps
and if you really can’t afford to miss these players, then maybe you shouldn’t have signed them in the first place, it just reeks of someone spitting their dummy out because they lost the league, boo hoo nappy man
Wow just heard the interview. The xenophobia drips off of him...
I get that his interest is his club, but yikes. Really not a good look, so, uh, disrespectful(?) can't think of a better term, to an entire continent. Wonder how Osimhen and Anguissa will react...
I get that his interest is his club, but yikes. Really not a good look, so, uh, disrespectful(?) can't think of a better term, to an entire continent. Wonder how Osimhen and Anguissa will react...
It's just a statement of facts. Europe is the Mecca of world football.
Not really. You’re losing players every two years for 2 months. It’s a legitimate football and business concern for clubs especially those below a certain income level.
The way he actually says it comes off bad. Sounds xenophobic and racist.
Mmm, not sure about racist, but definitely a bit xenophobic. Really fecking disrespectful more than anything
Borderline definitely
Where are you getting the 2 months from? I might be miscalculating. Isnt it about a month if the player reaches the final?
Closer to 2
How many players reach the final?
Most players would be gone for a few weeks to a month at most.
We have the nations cup in January for the same reason there'll be a winter world cup. The weather.
How? There isn't even a month inbetween the first match and the final? Do they have 2 weeks training camp before?
+ Most players don't go to the final.
closer to two, also don’t forget most of the best teams reach the QF.
Another thing to consider is injuries and recovery time from playing so many matches in such a quick succession and being abroad. It’s not unheard of players who were on form taking a 3-5 weeks to recover their league form after returning.
These things are true for every tournament usually we have the sluggish start to the season after a WC. After this years WC you’ll notice a drop off in league quality when it resumes.
When the context is the African Cup of Nations, probably not.
Yeah, what a brilliant idea no one really thought of before
As per FIFA this is illegal. Can be sued if there is a paper trail leading to him rejecting African players for this reason.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/62408379
Dunno bout this. I understand where he's coming from but this doesn't feel right
Think he was being sarcastic
Outstanding take when we're about to have a world cup starting in November.
How is a discriminatory practice “reasonable”?
Next we’re not employing women unless they agree to not having kids?
Much to the ire of practically everyone around the globe. Let's just ignore the fact that corruption, bribery and a misleading World Cup bid built on false-promises and exaggerated claims (ie: Qatar lied) essentially lead us down this road. The World Cup was supposed to take place this summer in state-of-the-art stadiums with fancy air conditioning, remember? Ha. More to the point, a World Cup being held during the winter is not the norm, never has been, and probably never will be. Not an apt comparison whatsoever.