The Confederation of African Football are considering canceling the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to take place January 2022 in Cameroon due to the pandemic and the recent spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
According to several reports, CAF are in talks with FIFA and ECA to look for the best solution after the European Club Association made it clear that they have no intention of releasing their African Players for the AFCON.
On Wednesday morning, Respectable French Media outlet RMCSport revealed that CAN could announce the cancellation of the tournament coming up in January in Cameroon.
“According to our information, the CAN could announce a cancellation of the 2022 edition in Cameroon. The reflection is in any case engaged.” the tweet said
Full post from RMCSport:
“Will the African Cup of Nations be the next big continental competition to have to make a drastic decision in the face of the pandemic? What was still a reflection several weeks ago has become far more than a probability in recent days. According to our information, the African Football Confederation (CAF) could announce a cancellation of the 2022 edition in Cameroon. The reflection is in any case engaged.
Several national coaches have echoed this possibility without an official decision being announced to them for the moment. Beyond the organizational difficulties linked to Covid-19 and its new variant Omicron, CAF is faced with the discontent of certain clubs, mainly English, who would like to be able to keep the players on British soil in the coming weeks. The African players called up by their selection should thus undergo a quarantine on their return to the United Kingdom, which would therefore deprive the clubs of their players for a longer period. And the country is currently affected by a significant wave of Covid cases.”
