Ahead the commencement of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA has confirmed that clubs can now release their players latest December 15, 2025.
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‎With this announcement, there will be relative ease across European clubs, with majority of them set to lose their players for the biennial competition.
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‎Newsbuka learnt that clubs were earlier mandated to release invited players two weeks before the start of the competition.
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‎But after a fruitful deliberation between FIFA, CAF, and other major stakeholders, an agreement was reached to push the release date back by a week.
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‎However, it is yet to be seen if the agreement would affect majority of the countries, who have set up friendly games ahead the preparation.
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‎With this development also, Super Eagles friendly against Pharaohs of Egypt billed for Sunday, 14 December is now doubtful.
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‎Morocco is the host of the competition that will commence December, 21, 2025 to 18 January, 2026.
AFCON: Relief for European Clubs as FIFA Gives Fresh Date for Release of Players
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