Moyes calls for African solution
Wednesday, 30 January 2008 08:15Everton manager David Moyes believes the Barclays Premier League should look at closing down during the African Nations Cup.
Fourth-placed Everton are decimated by suspension, injuries and international absences for tonight's visit of Tottenham to Goodison Park.
Three Blues players, Joseph Yobo, Stephen Pienaar and Ayegbeni Yakubu are in Ghana for the African tournament, and their absence is felt more keenly due to suspensions for Tim Cahill and Tony Hibbert.
Talk of FIFA moving other global tournaments in line with the European summer has rumbled on for a decade but Moyes - who fell foul of attempting to keep Pienaar for an extra game before his departure - has offered an alternative solution given the increasing number of African players in the English top-flight.
'You cannot win. But maybe now we have to consider if we close the Premier League season down during the African Nations Cup,' said Moyes.
