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Uganda head coach Paul Put has blasted FIFA for shifting player release date for 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, DAILY POST reports.

Clubs were mandated to release players two weeks before the start of previous AFCON tournaments.

FIFA, reportedly due to pressure from European clubs, shifted the release period to just one week before the start of the upcoming competition.

The decision has disrupted the plan of majority of the qualified countries.

Put took aim at the world soccer governing body for the decision.

“We received a message from FIFA that we can only have the players abroad on the 16th or 17th. I had hoped to get them from the 8th. Now we will be with half the team until then,” Put told Uganda Football Federation official website.

“It becomes very difficult to make good preparation but we will deal with it. It is unfortunate but it is like this.”

The Cranes are currently preparing for the AFCON 2025 finals in Casablanca, Morocco.

AFCON 2025: Uganda coach slams FIFA over player release decision

Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, held showdown talks with Mohamed Salah on Friday morning, according to Daily Mail.

Slot dropped Salah for their trip to Inter Milan in the Champions League in midweek.

It came after the Egyptian winger granted an explosive interview, taking a dig at the club’s hierarchy last Saturday.

Salah claimed he had been “thrown under the bus” and had “no relationship” with Slot.

The Egyptian’s outburst had led to speculations that this weekend’s league fixture with Brighton will be his last for the club.

Slot said: “I will have a conversation with Mo this morning and the outcome of that conversation determines how it will look tomorrow.

“I have no reasons not wanting him to stay, if that is a little bit of an answer.”

EPL: Salah in showdown talks with Slot over Liverpool future

Bendel Insurance and Rangers played out a 1-1 draw in their Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, Matchday 17 encounter in Benin City on Saturday.

Both teams scored in the closing stages of the match.

The hosts went ahead through Promise Anyanwu nine minutes from time.

Chidozie Iwundu equalised for Rangers deep into stoppage time.

Insurance extended their unbeaten run to five matches.

Kennedy Boboye’s side moved up to 14th place on the table.

Rangers remain fourth in the standings.

NPFL: Bendel Insurance, Rangers share spoils in Benin City