Le MC Alger est condamné à verser un vrai jackpot à l'un de ses anciens joueurs, la Camerounaise Eva Wankewai Rooney, au risque d'être sévèrement sanctionné. En effet, la Fédération internationale de football (FIFA) a tranché en faveur de l'ex-Mouloudéen dans le conflit entre les deux parties depuis plusieurs mois.
In this case, however, the MCA appears to be the victim of an outright scam. The MCA finds himself, so to speak, in the shoes of the con who has to pay his con artist. It must be said that in this “scandal”, the leaders of MC Algiers, those who recruited this player, were tricked like beginners.
It all started in the summer of 2019. Club leaders, headed by former president Omar Ghrib, had just boasted of having signed “a great Cameroonian international striker”. The test on the pitch quickly calmed their enthusiasm, however. The player disappointed both supporters and management staff, showing his limits. Doubt is thus installed in the dean’s house as to the veracity of the documents presented by “Rooney” concerning his international status. “Is he really an international? We wondered.
Leaders responsables de cette arnaque
Les doutes de la direction du MCA ont été vérifiés. La fédération camerounaise de football, saisie par son homologue algérien, la FAF, et par le club, a confirmé, dans sa réponse, que ce joueur ne figurait pas sur la liste des internationaux de ce pays. Rooney avait donc falsifié ses qualifications internationales requises en Algérie pour disputer son championnat.
It was 2020 and it was already too late. The player had signed up for 3 years. The MCA have given themselves the right to unilaterally terminate their attacker’s contract. Something that was not to please Rooney who complained to FIFA. The latter ultimately ruled in his favor, rejecting the MCA’s plea.
Le club algérien est donc condamné à verser 12 milliards de centimes au joueur dans les 45 jours. Dans le cas contraire, il lui sera interdit de recruter lors des trois prochains mercatos. Cependant, le MCA a fait appel et espère cette fois réussir.