The 24-team competition begins on January 9 and will feature a host of Premier League and European stars.Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira is among those to also call for the tournament to be given more respect.“Is there ever a tournament more disrespected than the Africa Cup of Nations?” Wright said on Instagram.On the media coverage around Afcon he claimed: “There is no greater honour than representing your country. The coverage is completely tinged with racism.“We played our Euros across 10 countries in the middle of a pandemic and there’s no issue at all. But Cameroon, a single country hosting a tournament, is a problem.“There are players getting asked if they will be honouring the call-ups to their national teams. Imagine if that was an England player representing the Three Lions. Can you imagine the furore?”Ajax’s Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller said the suggestion a player would want to miss the tournament to play for their […]
Africa Cup of Nations being ‘disrespected’
THE Africa Cup of Nations is being “disrespected” by some negative media coverage, says former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright.
