Barcelona Star Ez Abde to Choose Club Before Country Ahead of AFCON

• Ez Abde wants to focus on football at Spanish giants Barcelona and cement his place in the first team
• The Barcelona winger was called up for AFCON as part of the Moroccan team selected for the tournament
• The club versus country debate rages on as many high profile players like Abde will leave their teams to represent their countries

As the club vs country debate continues ahead of AFCON, Barcelona star Ez Abde has contributed to the drama as reports surface that he plans to choose club over country.

The Barcelona and Moroccan, player whose full name is Abdessamad Ezzalzouli but who is popularly known as Ez Abde, is an up-and-coming young talent who plays on the wing for club and country.

Sport Bible reports that Abde's representatives are in negotiations with the Moroccan national team to prevent him from playing in AFCON.

Abde was selected as one of 25 players to represent his county at the continental competition, FC Barcelona's website confirmed.

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Abde fears he will lose his 1st-team place

Ez Abde broke into the first team this season after playing at Barcelona B. He has already scored one goal for the Blaugrana and fears that he will lose his place in the Barcelona starting 11 if he leaves the club to play in AFCON next month.

This was also picked up by one Twitter user.

Tension as Napoli threatens legal action against Victor Osimhen from AFCON participation

Sports Brief earlier reported that Nigeria’s chances of having top striker Victor Osimhen available for next year’s African Cup of Nations is now in serious doubt as Napoli has threatened to take legal actions if the striker is called up for the tournament in Cameroon.

Osimhen, who is still recovering from a bad head injury after fracturing his cheekbone in a nasty clash of heads with Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar, has declared himself fit for the AFCON as he returned to training last week.

However, Napoli lawyer Mattia Grassani has stated that action could be taken in regards to exempting European based players from the tournament due to the increase in positive Covid-19 test results around the world following the emergence of the Omicron variant, Daily Mail reports.