« Vincent Aboubakar, Valentin Rosier, Eric Bailly, Rachid Ghezzal and Jean Onana were removed from the team due to poor performances and incompatibilities within the team“. This is the substance of a press release made public by the Besiktas JK of Istanbul on its digital platforms. Five players are fired for “poor performance and incompatibilities within the team“. Clearly, the five players do not contribute enough for the health of the club, and would display behaviors which are not simply favorable to a good climate within the team. There we find the names of two Cameroonian players, two indomitable Lions. And not the least: the captain of the Cameroonian national team, and the midfielder of the selection, Jean Onana.
While Vincent Aboubakar appeared as the club’s serial scorer in Super League Turkish, the man who arrived at the club after Al Nassr from where the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo expelled him, today the author of one of the most beautiful goals of the 2022 World Cup is no longer there man for the job for his club ranked 5th in the Turkish Süper Lig. To date, Vincent Aboubakar has totaled 11 goals and 3 assists in 22 matches; i.e. 4 goals in 12 championship matches, 2 goals in the Uefa conference league, and 5 goals in qualifying for the latter competition. The man did not benefit from mitigating circumstances due to the injuries which weakened him somewhat.
As for Jean Onana, the former Lensois will have only spent four and a half months in the Turkish club which he joined last July, for four seasons. He who had already spent only one year in the French club, before leaving in a conflict with his club who wanted to reposition him in central defense. With the Turks, the defensive midfielder only played four matches without ever having started.
…the CAN uncertain
This situation could be detrimental to the two players expected to be on the list of players scheduled to play in the next African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Ivory Coast. If Jean Onana has had irregular appearances since 2020 when he joined the national team, Vincent Aboubakar has been there since 2009. The former Coton sport de Garoua striker has climbed the ranks to the point of becoming one of the “essentials” of the selection. He whose success with the Indomitable Lions is often up and down, but who often proves to be the one who unblocks the country in the most complicated situations. Like this CAN 2017 which saw him suffer martyrdom on the sidelines, before delivering the nation in the final of the tournament, against Egypt. He who also gave hope to the Cameroonians at home during CAN 2021, by actively contributing to coming back three goals against Burkina Faso in the 3rd place match. In total the man will have signed three hat-tricks in this tournament. Ivory Coast 2023 moves away from the top scorer of the last edition of the CAN.
