West
Ham manager Sam Allardyce received a huge boost on Tuesday night when
influential midfielder Alex Song announced his international retirement,
meaning he will be available to play in Barclays Premier League and FA
Cup matches for his club this month rather than participating in the
Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon.
Allardyce
was at Goodison Park speaking about his side's 1-1 FA Cup third-round
draw against Everton when news broke that Song had told his national
association that he didn't want to play for them any more.
The
Hammers manager had to choose his words carefully so that he or West
Ham couldn't be deemed by FIFA to be putting any pressure on the player
but he will be delighted at the prospect of Song returning home from
Cameroon in time for their match against Swansea on Saturday.
No comments:
Post a Comment