According to Corriere dello Sport, lawyers are studying loop holes they could exploit to block several of their top African stars including Victor Osimhen from featuring at next year’s AFCON in Cameroon.
The delayed 2021 AFCON will now be staged between January 9 and February 6 in Cameroon and the high-flying Serie A club will be forced to be without Osimhen, Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal) as well as Ounas, Ghoulam (Algeria).
According to FIFA rules, clubs are obliged to release the players for a major tournament like the AFCON at least two weeks to kick-off.
That will mean Napoli could be without these players for as many as six weeks depending on how their various countries fare in the continental competition.