Fodé Doucouré, Ally Samatta and Josh Maja miss Ipswich friendly over visa issues | OneFootball

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·4 August 2026

Fodé Doucouré, Ally Samatta and Josh Maja miss Ipswich friendly over visa issues

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Le Havre will be without three players for their friendly against Ipswich in England tonight, with visa issues ruling them out.

According to Paris-Normandie, Ally Samatta and Fodé Doucouré were unable to travel, the Tanzanian forward and Malian full-back did not obtain UK visas.


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Josh Maja, born in Lewisham in south-east London and signed on 31 July, has not yet received clearance to work in France, so he is not authorised to play for HAC for now.

Didier Digard will therefore be short-handed for the match while Le Havre are on a training camp across the Channel.

The game kicks off at 20:45 French time. Ipswich, promoted to the Premier League, have already spent 90 million euros in this summer’s transfer window.

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