François Mughe will stay in Marseille in January. Rather than honor his call-up for the next African Cup of Nations (January 13-February 11) by Cameroonian coach Rigobert Song, the young OM winger (19 years old) declined the call-up to the national team. The one who has just extended with the club until 2028 was present when training resumed on December 29, and he has since trained with his Marseille teammates, even if a small virus caused him to miss a session.
After a day of rest on Monday, he is expected to resume on Tuesday, and he should not join the Indomitable Lions on training in Jeddah, as his Federation imagined. While Rigobert Song has called up 27 players including eight attackers, and Mughe has not yet made any selections, did the player consider that it was preferable for him to stay at OM, where the offensive sector is considerably growing? lighten up during the competition?
Iliman Ndiaye and Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal), Amine Harit and Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) will not be there and Mughe, who has played little since the start of the season (seven appearances including two as a starter in all competitions, no goals), can think that the window will open a little. At OM, it is explained that this decision is a choice of the player, and that he has not received any guarantee of playing time. It remains to be seen how the Cameroonian Federation will react. Did she validate this defection or did she suffer it? In the second case, it could contact FIFA to request the suspension of the player as long as Cameroon continues its journey in this CAN. But, in such a situation in the past, Fécafoot had not requested sanctions against the players concerned.