'I challenge them to try to not recruit African players' BBC Africa

Author Avatar

BBC News Africa

Joined: Mar 2024

'I challenge them to try to not recruit African players' BBC Africa


Senegal coach Aliou Cisse says international football – and the Africa Cup of Nations in particular – should never play second fiddle to club commitments and has ‘challenged’ Napoli not to buy African players.

The 46-year-old’s comments come after Napoli owner and president Aurelio de Laurentiis said the Italian club will avoid signing any…

source

Reviews

0 %

User Score

0 ratings
Rate This
0 0 votes
Article Rating
simple-ad

This is a demo advert, you can use simple text, HTML image or any Ad Service JavaScript code. If you're inserting HTML or JS code make sure editor is switched to 'Text' mode.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest
37 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
@galebonenkwana3980

This man can safe Kaizer Chiefs coach Cisse or Pitso only this 2

@tendaiboti3157

Europeans respect the AFCON its a tournament that we africans await for….

@lifetransformer

I hear they are moving the tournament so it will take place at the end of the European season.

@EthnoRecords

This man is a patriot and runs one of the best teams in Africa!!

@michaelmlanda

well said

@raadfaisalkhidir

Cisse is a natural leader, he was the captain of Senegal and now he is the coach. I will not be surprised if he is the president in the future. ❤

@amenduimpreto9614

Comentario em Portugues que você procurava:
– Acho que tem muito a ver sobre isso mesmo, quando as pessoas fazem alguns comentarios a respeito da seleção francesa ser meio artificial e toda aquelas piadas arrespeito dela ser a " seleção da africa " muitas vezes são chamadas de r*cist*s, porem não é bem por ai. Tem jogadores que sequer são françes (LITERALMENTE) exemplos são o Umtiti, Camavinga, Mandanda eles serquer nasceram lá e ainda á outros de decendencia africana em que ambos os pais são estrageiros e a unica coisa que liga eles a nacionalidade francesa é ter nascido lá, muitos nem se identificam com a cultura do pais e usam roupas de seus paises de origem, ou religião e etc.. E isso que causa um estranhamento aos olhos de quem ver de fora, pois é muito estranho que a frança um pais de maioria Branca tem mais jogadores pretos que o Brasil, o pais com maior população preta fora da africa.
E é sobre isso…

@galebonenkwana3980

The best coach in Africa , Kaizer Chiefs needs coach like him Bobby

@Harsh._exe

After loosing 11 member of his family he is still the coolest coach

@StephenWong14

He's the coolest looking manager in the World Cup this year

@viniciusgarcez5401

I'm Brazilian and I do enjoy the great work that Alliou Cisse Had been doing as the Senegal manager I wish him the Best and hope to see the Best of Senegal in this world cup 2022 👏👏👏

Cisse is a nationalist and he will fight for his country no matter what. One of my favorite teams for this year's 2022 world cup. Watching all the way from Vanuatu 😀😁👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺

@taichirotamaki

I want see Japan vs Senegal in final World Cup 2022

@rathernot6660

C'mon Senegal. As a South African I am backing you my fellow African brothers.

@Mudig

These clubs are the ones paying millions to your players. These clubs are the ones developing your players with proper care and training NOT you. Clubs should get compensated for allowing their players to play in a meaningless tournament like the AFCON

@guywhocantgrowabeard

This is so fucking stupid. The problem with AFCON is it falls in the middle of the club season, unlike Copa America or the Euro. That's the problem. It's not racist to say that it's a problem to have a continental tournament in the middle of the club season! Of course clubs are gna be wary about hiring players who are gna not be able to play for possibly more than a month in the middle of the fucking season!

@happydays5218

100% agree with this gentleman

@angelsv

Playing the victim card again… this man doesn't remember the big deal with Neymar or Messi were called by their national teams and Real Madrid and Barcelona cried over due the fact that El Clasico was the next game they will play after the world cup game qualifications… I can continue giving more examples.

@julio1116

This guy doesn't know shit get treated as fact. About 4 conmebol qualifier game were moved 6 months apart thanks to UEFA.

@dalfvideos

Very well said!! African brothers, in South America we truly understand the joy of playing for the national team, don't let business men take away from you this sacred honor!! ❤️❤️❤️

@chriswood753

He's moaning but at the end of the day the African Cup is in the middle of the European clubs season. That's why clubs think twice about signing African players it's a fact. The Brazilian football association plan their games around the European leagues so the point he is making is a load of crap. At the end of the day the club they play for pays their wages and having an International competition in the middle of the season makes zero sense. Until they have a re-think players will be falling out with club and country.

@mikethomas4423

Everton will sorely miss Onana and Gana gueye during arcon ..but their services to their nation can not be prevented. I'm glad this guy's manages them he seems knowledgeable and respectful

@61Ricardito

Im from Holland, and all our best players are being sold for decades….
Its not just Africa, wich has this problem…..

@goattm2

I am guessing the problem is that the African cup is held in January every 2 years so it does affect their clubs.

@omarbahrour

I like this dude

@gamingkami9148

I'm sure they'll be fine, does it really matter whats they've said since thers 1000s of clubs to player for. Just doesn't seem like a big deal to be its only tin pot Napoli.

@leonardoramirez4057

these people always complaining and making it about race , everyone around the world has to deal with the national team wanting a player and the team not wanting to lend him, he may love his country, but his club is the reason why he drives a ferrari and lives in a fancy neighborhood and sleeps with beautiful women, in south america this happens all the time , you are not a victim africa , dont let weaklings like this guy speak for you

@WhatsaMOUN

Cough France cough

@errinwright3700

Pls, send them all back
Throw in everyone as well

@TizerisT.

cant really argue with what he says. im an english chelsea fan and of course it sucks when you lose a couple of players to the african cup, but clubs agreed to it beforehand

Copa america happens ones in 4 years but african cup happenes every year, this is the difference. I mean, how dumb is this to set up a continent championship every year? Who does that?
Most players from African national teams, play in European clubs. Then African footbal federation sets up an tournament every year and gives a zero shit about the schedule of European teams, subsequently this is the obvious reaction you get from European clubs.

@daylebacchus5395

How about afcon align there competitions and games with the rest of the world? Would be no debate then 😂

BBC Africa exists 🤣

@Socomhunter

Africans don't see that their africa cup is in the middle of the season while clubs still play. Other clubs like brazil only play cups in between seasons so they don't miss games of their official club. So you pay them yet you can't use them for a long time. It's a logical choice from napoli. They should just move the date of the africa cup to match other big tournaments and if they don't it's fine to not contract african players. Which isn't a hard thing to do.

Missing your players during the Europa league or champion league

@indirwan24

how about African player challenge to build their league and never coming to Europe at all ,,, we all know there is not much money in that continent lol,,,, very good sentiment but please be more realistic,,,
according from wikipedia about this man
"Cissé moved to Paris at the age of nine where he grew up with dreams of playing for Paris Saint-Germain"
🤣 you moving away from your country dreaming playing for other country club then now saying club always below national flag,,,,🤣🤣🤣

@ryankarran1318

This guy is clearly uneducated and deluded.

@Z84g8-cf8oxm

Afterall BBC reports Fake news about Africa, My brother and sister wake up western media is like biological weapons or may be more .systematically every report and news design only and only for the benefit of westerners agenda. We are witnessing what is going on in Ethiopia, they always behind every war and problems. They don't report positive sides because their motifs is to create chaos and control African resources. No more colonial mentality .