AFCON: ‘You’ve given Carragher power’ — Ighalo slams CAF for stripping Senegal of title

Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has criticized the Confederation of African Football’s determination to portion Senegal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, title.

In a ruling announced earlier this month, CAF upheld a petition from the Moroccan Football Federation, nullifying Senegal’s triumph successful the AFCON last played successful January.

The apical African shot governing assemblage cited a regularisation breach: Senegal’s players temporarily walked disconnected the transportation during the chaotic closing stages of the brushwood to protestation a punishment awarded to the hosts.

Speaking connected the improvement with chap erstwhile Super Eagles subordinate Ifeanyi Udeze connected Brila FM, Ighalo said that CAF had fixed erstwhile footballers similar Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher the powerfulness to mock the AFCON.

Recall that Carragher had past twelvemonth described the contention arsenic inferior to different competitions similar the Euros and the Copa America.

”This AFCON took america (Africa) 10 steps forward, but CAF’s determination drags america 5 steps backward. It has fixed radical leverage to commencement disparaging African shot again,” Ighalo said.

“I ever situation the overseas media outlets that speech down connected AFCON and effort to discourage players from attending.

“But what conscionable happened brings the contention down again. Now you are al...