New episode in the battle that confronts Jürgen Klopp with the organizers of the football competitions. This time the Liverpool coach lamented the change of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) calendar, which will be held again in January and February in 2021.
The last edition of the CAN, last year in Egypt, was held in June and July, which was a novelty compared to the previous ones, which had taken place in January and February, in the middle of the European football season. However, this week, the African Football Confederation (CAF) confirmed that the Cameroon edition in 2021 will mark the return to the months of January and February.
Historically, the African Cup was played at the beginning of the year to avoid the highest temperatures on the continent. But those dates annoy European clubs, especially in France and England, where more African stars play.
Liverpool has in its ranks several figures from the African continent such as the Egyptian Mohamed Salah , the Senegalese Sadio Mané and the Guinean Naby Keita .
In recent weeks, Klopp was critical of the density of the calendar. In order to play the quarterfinal of the English League Cup and the semi-final of the Club World Cup, in matches scheduled on December 17 and 18, Liverpool had to present two different teams in each of those competitions.
"FIFA, UEFA and the federations of each country must meet and fix this," Klopp estimated, noting that he understood, however, the arguments that had led to the 2021 CAN movement in Cameroon to January and February.
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