25 Jul 2020 12:21AMABIDJAN: Global footballers' union FIFPro has suspended the Ivory Coast Footballers Association for failing to endorse Didier Drogba's bid to head the country's football federation.
The AFI decided last week to not sponsor Drogba to run for the presidency of the Ivorian federation in the September 5 election and instead backed Idriss Diallo, the current FIF vice-president. In its scathing letter, FIFPro attacked what it called the"iniquitous decision" of the AFI saying it is likely"to have a negative impact, in the Ivory Coast and beyond, on the defence of footballers, the chief objective of FIFPro and its members"."Your decision shows a flagrant omission of this obligation and a total lack of consideration for your members," the letter continued.
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