METZ Manager Frederic Antonetti has hammered the 'manipulated' timing of the Africa Cup of Nations as he stands to lose up to eight players to the competition one month from now.
Antonetti raged subsequent to seeing his transfer compromised side draw 1-1 with Lyon on Wednesday.
Afcon was initially planned to occur last year yet was pushed back to January 2022 after the Covid pandemic.
Endeavors to have the competition throughout the late spring were defeated later coordinators concluded the environment in Cameroon was not serviceable at that season.
As indicated by Mertz coach,Afcon will take seven or eight players from his group . Furthermore That's tremendous.
"It's a manipulated, contorted game. How might we have worldwide contests during public rivalries? It's not serviceable.
"I don't have anything against Afcon, it's a generally excellent occasion, however you can't eliminate that numerous players from a group. What's more we're not by any means the only ones."
"At the point when we assembled our crew, Afcon was set to be played in June however they've changed the principles.
At the point when I say it's manipulated, everything is manipulated in football.
"It's a disgrace in light of the fact that everything is contorted and manipulated and the Afcon is essential for it, VAR is important for it, the tension is essential for it."
Afcon's January timing implies African stars are set to play in two significant competitions in a single year.
2022 is being adjusted by the colder time of year World Cup in Qatar - planned to start on November 21.
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