By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Uganda head coach Paul Put has slammed Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, after the world soccer ruling body permits clubs to hold on to their players until just one week before the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off.
Clubs were earlier mandated to release players for the competition latest December 8.
FIFA later moved the date to December 15 reportedly due to pressure from European clubs.
‘We received a message from FIFA that we can only have the players abroad on the 16th or 17th. I had hoped to get them from the 8th. Now we will be with half the team until then,” Put told Uganda Football Federation official website.
‘It becomes very difficult to make good preparation but we will deal with it. It is unfortunate but it is like this.
‘All the plans you make for months move far away. You prepare yourself mentally and you brief the players on what to improve. Now it becomes the same as qualification because there is no time.’
Read Also:
- Tinubu appoints Special Adviser on National Assembly – Reps
- WAFCON 2026: Algeria cruise past Senegal to win tournament opener
- Adeleke, Accord Party stakeholders endorse Tinubu for 2027
- Polytechnic suspends six lecturers over sexual harassment, cultism
- How NDLEA arrested Lagos trader over cocaine hidden in food cartons bound for UK
