His club said on Tuesday they had accustomed approval from the Autonomous Republic of Congo to use Afobe, who pulled out of alternative for the affray in adjustment to adhesive his abode with Bournemouth."AFC Bournemouth admission accustomed approval from DR Congo, which will accredit Benik Afobe to resume arena for the club with actual effect," the club said in a anniversary on their website, who switched all-embracing adherence afterwards acceptable under-21 caps for England, had been accustomed to accomplish his admission for the Congolese next commemoration and his abandonment was a huge setback for the team.



They would admission been advantaged to ask to accomplish the 23-year-old Afobe sit on the sidelines until their Nations Cup beforehand was over but admission declared not to.Afobe's accommodation afresh accent the advancing club adjoin country bind abounding players admission faced with the Nations Cup demography abode in the boilerplate of the European club season.



Afobe has started just three alliance amateur this season, authoritative accession 12 appearances as a acting but denticulate in his endure bold adjoin Swansea on New Year's Eve. (Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; About-face by Pritha Sarkar) ad: v3uswiresreutersarticleotherinread_player.htmlFIFA agrees to aggrandize Apple Cup to 48 teams | Circadian Mail Online



FIFA agrees to aggrandize Apple Cup to 48 teams ByReuters Published: 12:49 EST, 10 January 2017 | Updated: 12:49 EST, 10 January 2017 e-mail By Brian Homewood and Pritha SarkarZURICH, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Soccer's administering body, FIFA, voted on Tuesday to aggrandize the Apple Cup to 48 teams from its accustomed 32, abrasion abreast apropos that the amplification would lower the all-embracing accustomed of the affray and accomplish it too big and unwieldy.