Man United Step Up Push to Delay AFCON Releases for Trio Until Bournemouth Match

Overview

• Manchester United are seeking to keep Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and Noussair Mazraoui available for the December 15 home game against Bournemouth, according to multiple reports.
• Head coach Ruben Amorim confirmed the club is trying to arrange extended availability with the players’ national federations under tournament rules.
• CAF and FIFA regulations require release roughly two weeks before opening games, with Morocco starting December 21 and Ivory Coast and Cameroon on December 24.
• If no agreement is reached, the December 8 trip to Wolverhampton is expected to be the final match with all three, and they could miss up to eight Premier League fixtures plus the FA Cup third round if their nations go deep.
• The Daily Mail reports INEOS has engaged the Moroccan, Ivorian and Cameroonian federations, with coverage citing a prior late-release arrangement for Andre Onana as a possible model.