Nigeria assistant coach, Usman Abdallah has come out to blast Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis for saying he will no longer sign players playing in the Africa Cup of Nations. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the Napoli president does not know what he is saying and he is not telling the truth, because using the Africa Cup of Nations as a yardstick for transfers is not a good excuse.
Usman added that Napoli players participate in Uefa Euro, Uefa Nations League and Copa America too, so he can ban the players participating there as well.
His words, “I think he needs to come out, to tell the truth, using the Africa Cup of Nations as a yardstick is not a good excuse,”
“Are Napoli players not participating in Uefa Euro, Uefa Nations League and even Copa America? Or are they not the same as Afcon?”
“It would have been understandable if he said Napoli’s African players who get injured at Afcon are not well taken care of, or maybe when their players play in the competition, they violate certain rules.”
“Even at that, his statement shows a lack of respect for Africa and it is stupid to say that. It is so disheartening that someone of his calibre can make such a statement.”
“Some will tag this as racism because he only mentioned Africans and not players from other continents.”
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