‘Eto’o chased Onana from Qatar,’ former FECAFOOT vice open can of worms

Former FECAFOOT fourth vice president and member of the executive community, Henry Njalla Quan, has kept going about all the alleged ‘evil deeds’ of Samuel Eto’o, at the Football presidency.

Henry Njalla Quan, in his presser on Saturday mentioned that Eto’o was responsible for all the controversy that was generated with Onana in the 2022 World Cup.

Henri Njalla Quan equally accused Samuel Eto’o of lying, manipulating and embezzling in his management of the entity.

“André Onana’s national team call depends on the president of FECAFOOT . I asked him formally about the future of our goalkeeper in the national team, and he replied that the boy’s career is over, and that the letter he sent to his club – Inter FC – was to get rid of him , so how can someone be so mean?” Henri Njalla Quan said.

Henri Njalla Quan explained the real reason for the expulsion of André Onana from the World Cup in Qatar. It was because the president of the Cameroon Football Association, Samuel Eto’o, was desperate to get rid of the Inter goalkeeper .

During the press conference, Henri Njalla Quan denounced many other irregularities, which led him to resign from his position: “The stars of the national team are being suffocated by someone who himself was a star when he was a footballer and who wants to continue being a coach. He is present in all the meetings, in all the training sessions. Even the coach feels suffocated by Eto’o’s omnipresence”.

“I used my pocket money to make donations to football players. Eto’o promised not to touch his salary as president of FECAFOOT, where is that promise? Today, FECAFOOT is in debt of several tens of billions of francs, whose fault is it?” continued Henri Njalla Quan.

“No member of the FECAFOOT general assembly ever proposed extending the term of the president from 4 to 7 years. The only thing that was discussed was increasing the number of terms for the president from two to three terms of 4 years, as occurs in CAF and FIFA. Eto’o has manipulated an entire country!”

The former fourth vice president of the Cameroon Football Federation added: “I was president of the FECAFOOT marketing committee, but I did not have access to any document related to the different sponsors. I do not know how much the contracts with One All Sports amount to Orange and MTN. I requested for these documents on several occasions, the last time, the employees of the Federation told me that they would not give them to me…”.

Henri Njalla Quan even assured that Eto’o investigated him. “Eto’o gave 1 million francs to a football official to monitor me, and this man started threatening my family. I contacted the prosecutor, who took steps to guarantee my safety. President Samuel Eto’o went as far as to hold meetings with the other members of the executive committee at the Starland Hotel, during which he said that he no longer trusted me because I asked too many questions.”

Regarding his resignation, Njalla Quan explained: “I don’t regret having resigned. Things were not going the way I wanted. In the southwestern region, I gave material to the clubs, the players and the referees. I even gave financial support to certain media outlets. I spent about 10 million francs”.

“In the executive committee of FECAFOOT there are competent people, such as teachers, councilors and others. I don’t understand how they can be manipulated to such an extent. If I were them, I would be ashamed” , he ended.