{"id":128981,"date":"2022-01-03T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=128981"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T11:13:02","slug":"why-sarr-couldnt-join-senegal-for-afcon-watford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/03\/why-sarr-couldnt-join-senegal-for-afcon-watford\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sarr couldn\u2019t join Senegal for AFCON &#8211; Watford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watford Football Club has denied accusations made by Senegalese football federation (FSF) that they prevented forward Ismaila Sarr from playing in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that FSF on Sunday claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/03\/afcon-senegal-accuse-watford-of-refusing-to-release-sarr-after-similar-dispute-with-nigeria-over-dennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watford is refusing to release Sarr<\/a> to play for his national team.<\/p>\n<p>However, Watford believe Sarr, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury and has not featured for the Premier League club since November, is not yet fit enough to feature at the tournament in Cameroon later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets handling of Sarr\u2019s fellow forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/01\/watford-threatened-dennis-to-boycott-afcon-eguavoen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmanuel Dennis<\/a> has also been controversial, with Nigeria saying the English club were \u201cbaring fangs\u201d when refusing to release him for international duty.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament gets underway on January 9 and runs until February 6, clashing with the European club season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senegalese Football Federation wishes to express by this press release its deep condemnation of the disrespectful, pernicious and discriminatory behaviour of the leaders of Watford who seek by all means to prevent a player from playing with his national team,\u201d an FSF statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Watford responded with their own statement, inviting the FSF to have Sarr checked by their \u201cown independent surgeon to confirm the diagnosis and rehabilitation period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn early December, the Club wrote to the Senegal Football Federation outlining the clinical diagnosis of Ismaila\u2019s injury and immediately followed that up by supplying the MRI scans detailing the extent of the injury,\u201d Watford\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter further consultation with medical experts, we informed the Federation of Ismaila\u2019s rehabilitation process and likely timeframe of recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarr has impressed for struggling Watford this term, scoring five goals in 12 Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n<p>His presence has been badly missed as Claudio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/04\/watford-appoint-claudio-ranieri-as-new-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranieri<\/a>\u2019s men have lost all six games since he was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Having to free African stars is a sore point with some managers.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli boss Luciano Spalletti labelled the Cup of Nations an \u201cinvisible monster\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright labelled complaints over the tournament as \u201ctinged with racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there ever a tournament more disrespected than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/25\/liverpool-coach-jurgen-klopp-defends-calling-african-cup-of-nations-a-little-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa Cup of Nations<\/a>?\u201d Wright said in a video posted on Instagram this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoads of the best players in Europe right now are African and if we love them at club level, why can\u2019t we love them at international level like their counterparts from across the globe? Why can\u2019t we?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senegal, runners-up in 2019, are one of the favourites for the African title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford Football Club has denied accusations made by Senegalese football federation (FSF) that they prevented forward Ismaila Sarr from playing in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that FSF on Sunday claimed Watford is refusing to release Sarr to play for his national team. 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