Watford Bow To Pressure Release Sarr For AFCON


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Watford Bow To Pressure Release Sarr For AFCON By Our Reporter Watford FC have released their winger, Ismaila Sarr to Senegal to participate in the forthcoming African Nations Cup in Cameroon. Winger Ismaila Sarr joined up with the Senegal squad for the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday following a row about his selection with his English Premier League club Watford. The Senegalese football federation (FSF) said 23-year-old Sarr “had taken an Air France flight from London at 11.30am and will arrive in Dakar in the evening”. Sarr’s participation in the tournament that kicks off in Cameroon on Sunday had been in doubt after the FSF claimed Watford were blocking his release. The FSF claimed last week Watford had displayed “disrespectful, pernicious and discriminatory behaviour”. Watford believe Sarr, who has not featured in a Premier League match since November and was not even named among the substitutes in their last two games, is not fit enough to feature at the AFCON. Senegal’s other Premier League stars, Sadio Mane of Liverpool and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, joined up with the squad at their training base outside the capital Dakar on Monday. Senegal, runners-up in 2019, are one of the favourites for the African title.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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