Former Ghana international Sam Johnson believes the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will be negatively affected by Caf’s decision to move the tournament date from June/July back to January/February.
After changing the date from January/February to June/July ahead of the 2019 championship to avoid the perennial clashes between nations and clubs over player availability, the continental football’s governing body says it has been forced to revert to the old date for the next tournament to avoid the rainy season in Cameroon.
In the summer date of June/July, clubs are likely to be in the off-season and are more willing to release players for national duty.