Harambee Stars road to AFCON glory could already be tarnished after news coming in is that Sebastian Migne could be without the services of Michael Olunga.
This comes after qualms with his parent club in Japan, who have failed to let go for the forward despite Fifa’s directives to release the player so he can prepare with the rest of Harambee Star’s players ahead of the Tournament which is less than 2 weeks from kickoff.
Harambee Stars may have to do without the services of the influential forward at the team’s pre-AFCON camp in France as well as the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt after Kashiwa Reysol failed to release the influential forward in time.
This is in spite of Annexe 1, Art. 3 of the Regulations on the release of players to Association Teams, which obliges clubs to release their registered players to the representative teams of the country for which the players are eligible to play on the basis of their nationality if they are called up by the association concerned.
Olunga is Sebastian Migne’s first choice striker and started in all matches he featured for the team in the qualifiers. The tussle was present earlier this year when Olunga failed to make the training Camp as Harambee Stars prepared for the second leg qualifier match against the Black Stars of Ghana citing injury concerns.
Meanwhile, the team’s camp in France is nearly full house. All of the players initially called up to the 27-man provisional squad have already checked in, save for Victor Wanyama, who is expected in France later on Tuesday evening.