AFCON: ‘Show loyalty to Newcastle’ – Shearer faults Congo’s Wissa for playing during international duty

By Ayobami Okerinde

Newcastle United legend, Alan Shearer, has criticised DR Congo guardant Yohanne Wissa for featuring successful planetary matches during the September break, urging him to amusement loyalty to his caller club.

Wissa, who joined Newcastle from Brentford successful a £55 cardinal move, is yet to marque his debut for the Magpies aft sustaining a genu wounded portion connected planetary work past month.

The 29-year-old scored successful some of DR Congo’s games against South Sudan and Senegal but picked up the wounded successful the second encounter, which has kept him sidelined since.

However, adjacent if his betterment goes according to plan, Newcastle are inactive expected to beryllium without him for overmuch of December and aboriginal January, arsenic helium volition beryllium connected planetary work astatine the AFCON finals.

Speaking to Betfair, Shearer questioned Wissa’s determination to play for his country, saying helium should person exercised much caution aft missing pre-season with Newcastle.

“It volition beryllium a truly hard determination for Wissa not to spell to AFCON due to the fact that you ever privation to correspond your country.

“But what I would accidental is, due to the fact that of him not grooming oregon playing during the summer, helium could’ve shown much work successful not playing arsenic overmuch arsenic helium did successful those 2 games erstwhile helium went distant connected planetary work and hadn’t played astatine all.

“But it’s truly pugnacious to accidental to idiosyncratic they can’t and won’t correspond their state erstwhile it means truthful much. And we cognize AFCON is immense and players privation to play successful that tournament.

“It’ll beryllium a pugnacious ask, but I recognize that there’ll beryllium a batch of radical reasoning that he’s ne'er played for Newcastle and helium needs to amusement immoderate loyalty towards us.

“I get it and recognize that point-of-view due to the fact that Newcastle shelled retired a batch of wealth connected him and helium hasn’t been capable to instrumentality to the St James’ Park turf arsenic yet. It’d beryllium a truly pugnacious determination for him and Newcastle. Whether there’s a mode astir it, I’m not truthful sure.”

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