According to the newspaper L’Equipe, Regis Mughe will not go to African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Ivory Coast. The sports newspaper indicates that the corridor attacker declined the offer of Rigobert Song Bahanag for the continental tournament. He who has already been called up once for the selection, without benefiting from a single minute of play. The 19-year-old man who has played five Champion’s League matches with the Marseille club this season, is certainly not guaranteed to be more useful in Ivory Coast. The French newspaper confides that Regis Mughe had no guarantee on his use during the CAN.
As a result, the young Cameroonian wants to take advantage of the remarkable absences in clubs such as those of the Senegalese Ismaila Sarr et Port Ndiayeas well as Moroccan Amine Harit to give himself playing time. A boon for his employer club because it is generally a “war” between European clubs and African selections during the CAN. But in the event that Cameroon was not involved in making this decision, the player risks a sanction from Fifa, if Cameroon complains. It is very likely that the technical staff of the Indomitable Lions, and especially the Cameroon Football Federation (Fécafoot) who are not very flexible on these unilateral defections, could try to hit Regis Mughe. There was the case Choupo Moting not selected for the CAN in retaliation for a defection during the regroupment last June. Cameroon played a friendly during the Fifa period furnished by the CAN qualifiers matches. Kenya, Cameroon’s initial opponent being suspended, had been replaced by a selection of local players. The Bayern Munich player who had faked an injury had nevertheless played for a club those days.
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The equation for replacing Regis Mughe will certainly not be complicated, as the expanded list of 49 players published by the manager and selector of the Indomitable Lions has included several attackers. It will be blessed bread for
