Alex Song leaving the pitch after being given a red card during his last match with Lions in Brazil
At such a young age? Hope he's not being rash. According to the BBCCameroon and West Ham midfielder Alex Song has retired from international football after his exclusion from his country’s Africa Cup of Nations squad.
“I want to take time to focus purely on
domestic football and start to rebuild my career at West Ham United.”The Barcelona loanee, 27, will now be available for the Hammers this month after talks with Cameroon about a late call-up broke down.
He said on Instagram: “My love for my country will never change.
Song has not played for his country since being sent off against Croatia in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup.
The Hammers feared they would lose him after he flew back to his homeland to discuss the possibility of appearing in the Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea, which begins on 17 January.
“Since the World Cup in the summer and my subsequent exclusion from the Cameroon squad for the African Cup of Nations I have taken the decision to retire from international football,” Song, who won 47 caps, said.
“It is true that there were some discussions of late to include me in the squad for this tournament but I feel after a lot of careful thought and numerous discussions with my family this is the right decision.”
5 comments:
I think he is disappointed that he was not called up to make the 23 man squad to take part in the up coming AFCON 2015. Talent alone can't never guarantee you a good career it must coupled with discipline and team spirit
On point my dear Frank...on behalf on the blog fam, I officially welcome you here.
Pride goes before the fall. He never even ever had the spirit of sportsmanship when playing with the national team and that was a recipe for failure
Song is a good player but he has a hard heart.He truely lacks the spirit of sportsmanship
Song is a good player but he has a hard heart.He truely lacks the spirit of sportsmanship
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