Sol Bamba selected for Ivory Coast

[fox58]

Which means he'd get there by the 8th at the earliest, which isn't 14 days before the start of the tournament.:icon_wink

they are meeting up in Paris:icon_wink

 

[The Major]

Do we know if SSL actually has had a bust up with Pearson or is it a case of him saying I need 1st team football with the Euros coming up and can I move please?

 

[Real Sharapova]

Do we know if SSL actually has had a bust up with Pearson or is it a case of him saying I need 1st team football with the Euros coming up and can I move please?

I think Pearson was quoted as saying they had an almighty bust-up. If that's the case it looks like SSL has burnt his bridges.

 

[Motown Fox]

Moore is cup-tied, isn't he?

Yes he is. Played against Rochdale plus he was unused sub against Wimbledon

 

[Motown Fox]

they are meeting up in Paris:icon_wink

.............an Ivory Coast meeting in Paris on Saturday, where the squad are assembling before flying out to Abu Dhabi for a two-week training camp.

Perhaps East Midlands flight to Paris on Saturday night then for Sol.:icon_wink

But then there is this

The Elephants were to regroup on Saturday January 7 in the French capital before heading for Abu Dhabi where a pre-tournament camping will hold for a week, to be topped off with two friendly matches against Lebanon and Tunisia.
However, the new arrangement enjoins the players to travel individually to the United Arab Emirate without a stopover in France. No reasons were given by the coach, but a source at the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF), who refused to be named for not being authorized to speak for the body, told Supersport.com that the decision was not from coach Zahoui but from the FA itself.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Perhaps East Midlands flight to Paris on Saturday night then for Sol.:icon_wink

Perhaps not ...

Under Fifa rules, players can be called up two weeks before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations on 21 January.

City had hoped the Toure brothers would be able to play against United before joining the Ivory Coast training camp.

But Zahoui insists they report for a meeting in Paris on Saturday before flying out with the rest of the squad to Abu Dhabi for a two-week training camp.

"The national team in Ivory Coast is led by people who are well educated and I was surprised that people in England think that we don't know the Fifa rules about dates," Zahoui added.

"Here, when we call up the players, they are obliged to turn up at the date indicated by Fifa. So when we call them up we know that the clubs need to let them go."

 

[Motown Fox]

Well after all that he's not going to be at The City Ground tomorrow

The next question is who will be?
Moore - cuptied. Peltier -possibly injured. Sicknote Johnson -unfit. Ball - not likely to be match fit which could also apply to Berner, Moreno, etc

 

[Filthy Rich]

I think Pearson was quoted as saying they had an almighty bust-up. If that's the case it looks like SSL has burnt his bridges.

He wasn't quoted. He was asked if reports in the Daily Mirror of an argument in front of Top were true.

The answer can be seen in post number 42 by Matt_B in the Sean St Ledger Transfer Listed thread.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

On RL, NP said it wasn't a bust up, but that he was on the transfer-list to find another club, rather than as a motivational tool or whatever. Sounded very much like he'll never play for us again.