By Nelson Dafe on January 2, 2022

The Furore of Eurpean clubs unwillingness to release their players for the AFCON scheduled for Cameroon later this month hasn’t died down.

Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen is one of the star players who would be missing in Cameroon as his Italian Seria A club Napoli claim he has Covid and won’t be released for the African showpiece competition.

A top Nigerian Sports lawyer Amobi Ezeaku has written to Napoli to express dismay over the Italian club’s alleged disposition to deny Nigeria the chance of having the services of Osimhen for the AFCON.

Writing through his Lexsetter law firm, in a letter dated December 31, Ezeaku (who is Team Manager Of Nigerian topflight club Enugu Rangers FC) notes that Napoli were determined to go to any length to deny Osimhen the chance of representing Nigeria at the AFCON.

“This would be on record for generations to come. How can you value a sovereign nation’s resource so much that you disrespect and disregard the nation’s right of use?”, Ezeaku asks Napoli.

Pointing to the relevant FIFA rules concerning clubs obligation to release players for national team assignments,Ezeaku states that subverting the rules does not point Napoli in good light, “especially considering the background fact that you have a large fan base in Nigeria.”

“ Is it not interesting to note that few weeks after Dr. Tartaro’s (Napoli doctor) statement that ‘it takes from 60 to 90 days for the bone callus formation ( after Osimhen suffered a face injury) unless there is a biological Christmas miracle’ , a biological miracle happens and then he falls back to some epidemiological tales,” Ezeaku asks.

The law guru ends his letter by noting that “we shall remember the interesting role everyone played for posterity.”

Source Daily Sports

Posted January 2, 2022

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