
A fresh rift has emerged between Zambian international striker Fashion Sakala and Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga, with the outspoken forward declaring he will not apologise in order to be recalled to the national team.
In a near hour-long Facebook Live session on Tuesday — viewed by over 7,000 people — Sakala accused Kamanga of dishonesty, alleging that the FAZ president privately assured him of a return to the national side.
“Mr Kamanga is a betrayer, he betrayed me. After all these things that me and him spoke about in secret, he’s going live, having interviews, telling people, telling the whole country about the coach having the powers to select the players, which is true.
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“But he shouldn’t have said that to me, that “no I will bring you back, you know I’m the boss, I will take this coach out, he’s not even staying.”
The remarks come in response to Kamanga’s appearance on Hot FM’s The Hot Seat, where he attributed Sakala’s absence to his “strained relationship with fellow players” rather than any fallout with the coach alone.
Sakala, 28, has not featured for Zambia since the national team’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign earlier this year, amid ongoing friction with head coach Avram Grant.
The striker was left out of the squad following what insiders described as disciplinary issues.
[Zambia Daily Mail]


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