By Victor Kanayo
Cameroon’s first choice goalkeeper Andre Onana is flying home after being axed from his country’s World Cup squad.
The 26-year-old Inter Milan star is now officially leaving the Qatar tournament.
He had fallen out with the country’s Coach, Rigobert Song, after he was was removed from the country’s squad in their dramatic 3-3 match with Serbia on Monday afternoon.
Onana was reportedly involved in a face-off with the manager over the squad’s style of play.
According to Daily Mail UK, the emotional dispute came after Song lambasted the stopper during training for taking too many risks playing with his feet. The coach had wanted Onana to play in a more conventional, risk-free fashion and was unhappy with the way the keeper advanced off his line to start attacks from the back.
After an adamant Onana refused to change his style of play he was eventually cut off from the match and replaced with Devis Epassy, who conceded three goals in Serbia’s draw.
It was gathered that peace talks failed after Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o and the Cameroon Football Federation could not settle the dispute between Song and Onana.
Heritage Times HT reports that Onana departed the team hotel and travelled to the airport on Tuesday, with Paris his initial destination before he travels on to the Cameroon capital Yaounde.
Onana has won 34 international caps and had started all of the Central Africans’ games this year before being left out against Serbia.
