Marc Brys out as Samuel Eto'o resumes control of Cameroon before AFCON | OneFootball

Samuel Eto'o has dismissed head coach Marc Brys only weeks before the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, staged from 21 December to 18 January. According to L'Équipe, the federation president has overhauled staff and squad.

It follows months of friction with sports minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, the paymaster and contract signatory who claimed control from coaching hires to training camps. Eto'o installed his own staff on match days, pushing assistant Joachim Mununga into the stands.

After Paul Biya was re-elected as head of state, Eto'o was returned as Fecafoot president on 29 November. Two days later he removed the 63-year-old Belgian and published his call-ups.

Eto'o is set to re-enter the dressing room and reset the national side. Early casualties include André Onana and associates present at the reading of a letter demanding Mununga on the bench, plus Michael Ngadeu, Eric Choupo-Moting, Martin Hongla and Vincent Aboubakar.

In come Christian Kofane of Leverkusen and Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe of Brest, players scouted by Eto'o. David Pagou, with Ndtoungou Mpile, replaces Brys and, internally, nobody expects him to act without consulting the president. The ministry has now signed off, after a Brys list surfaced online the day before, and the Lions head to Morocco amid upheaval but with familiar self-belief.

Source: L'Équipe