Adjei Tells His Club to F*ck Off

Last week, Daryl alerted us to the plight of Sammy Adjei, whose club has threatened to fire him if he answers the summons of the Ghana FA to represent his country at the African Cup of Nations. The Israeli club, FC Ashdod, have told Adjei that if he leaves for Dubai to meet with the Black Stars for pre-tournament training, he can consider himself fired.

Currently, FIFA regulations state that clubs must release players 14 days before the start of an international tournament, and Adjei is already late. However, Adjei has decided to play for Ghana anyway and plans to meet up with his team on Saturday. Granted, he’s only the second choice keeper, but a man has to draw a line somewhere, and Adjei has decided where his will be. His agent has tried to smooth things over with Ashdod by pointing out that if they prevent Adjei from listening to Ghana’s summons, but both Adjei AND Ashdod will face bans.

I just don’t get it. Assdod Ashdod know that this is a law, right? Are they doing this because they think the African Cup of Nations is a waste of time, or do they feel this way about international tournaments in general? I mean, would Ashdod prevent their Israeli players from representing the Israeli NT for Euro 2008?

It’s troubling, and though we all know that Adjei is in the right, it’s poor comfort when you think that he’ll be unemployed at the end of the tournament.

I hope FIFA stick a huge ass fine up Ashdod’s ass. In fact, maybe they can just be banned from the face of the planet.