$21m star fires back after World Cup expulsion

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Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana was sent location from the World Cup overnight for disciplinary reasons aft a quality with manager Rigobert Song.

The Inter Milan goalkeeper was "temporarily suspended" from the team, the Cameroon shot federation said successful a statement, and the suspension would screen the remainder of the tourney successful Qatar. The federation said it had booked Onana a formation backmost to Milan.

Onana besides released a connection referring to his disagreement with Song implicit squad tactics that led to him being dropped for Cameroon's 3-3 gully with Serbia connected Tuesday greeting AEDT.

Onana said helium had tried to resoluteness the issues successful a bid to enactment astatine the World Cup.

"I person enactment each my efforts and vigor into uncovering solutions to a concern that a footballer often experiences, but determination has been nary volition connected the different side," Onana said. "Some moments are hard to assimilate."

Onana said helium respected the decisions "of the radical successful charge."

Onana had played successful Cameroon's opening crippled astatine the World Cup, a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Switzerland, but was dropped for the Serbia crippled and didn't question with the remainder of the squad to Al Janoub Stadium. Cameroon fought backmost from 3-1 down to gully 3-3 without its No.1 goalkeeper.

Song said it was a hazard to play with reserve goalkeeper Devis Epassy but insisted helium had to instrumentality "strong action" against the 26-year-old Onana, 1 of Cameroon's champion players, who is valued astatine implicit $21 million.

"If you can't acceptable successful with what's required to beryllium portion of a squad past I bash deliberation that you request to measurement up to the sheet and judge work for that due to the fact that the team, the squad, is much important than the interests of immoderate individual," Song said aft the Serbia crippled without going into details of his disagreement with Onana.

Song said helium needed each his players to "show subject and respect."

In his statement, Onana said helium was disappointed that helium was "not allowed" to beryllium with the squad astatine the Serbia crippled and denied that helium had breached immoderate squad disciplinary rules.

"I ever behaved successful a mode to pb the squad to occurrence successful a bully manner," Onana said.

Cameroon inactive has a accidental of qualifying for the past 16 astatine the World Cup but needs to bushed top-ranked Brazil successful its last Group G crippled and anticipation that the effect of the Switzerland-Serbia lucifer goes successful its favour.

Song is simply a erstwhile skipper of Cameroon who was appointed manager successful February successful a astonishment to immoderate aft Toni Conceicao guided the squad to 3rd spot astatine this year's African Cup of Nations and lone missed reaching the last successful a punishment shootout nonaccomplishment to Egypt.

The president of the Cameroon shot federation is Samuel Eto'o, a erstwhile teammate of Song connected the nationalist team.

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