The 34th edition of the African Cup of Nations Football (CAN) will take place in Côte d’Ivoire from January 13 to February 11, 2024, due to the adverse climatic conditions of the country in the summer. The competition will therefore take place in the middle of the European championships, which does not suit Olympique de Marseille and its president Pablo Longoria.
The course of the CAN will weaken OM, which has no less than 8 African internationals competing in this cup. Sarr, Ndiaye, Gueye (Senegal), Ounahi, Harit (Morocco), Kondogbia (Central African Republic), Aubameyang (Gabon) and Mbemba (DR Congo). Longoria is irritated by the probable absences of Marseille for a month. The president of OM put forward the idea on Thursday during the press conference presenting Aubameyang and Kondogbia to stop Ligue 1 during the CAN with a new reform of the championship.
“With Ligue 1, we must open the reflection to suspend the competition during the CAN”
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The Olympian leader believes that his team “ has to do with it and that Ligue 1 has to have the reflection to suspend the competition during the CAN. ” It is something that we take into consideration when we do the recruitment, but we cannot make the team according to the CAN. That wouldn’t be respectful.”, he pointed out. ” We does not make a team for 6 months but for the future. Basing an entire strategy on a month-long competition is risky. It’s true that we have to adapt and take it into consideration. »added the president of OM.
The Marseille club must be armed with all its forces to hope to compete with Paris Saint-Germain. The months of January and February are often a key period in a season, where a team can swing in the positive or the negative.
