Days after being re-elected as Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) president, Samuel Eto’o and his executive committee announced Brys’ dismissal in a dramatic statement.

It features a long list of accusations of “professional failure” levelled at Brys, including “inciting” players to defy FECAFOOT.

The Belgian appointed by Cameroon’s sports ministry in April 2024, a decision Eto’o immediately tried to reverse, is also accused of “active collaboration with unknown individuals within FECAFOOT.”

He is further accused of failing to attend meetings, refusing to disclose his training programmes, jeopardising relationships with sponsors, not releasing his squad selections on time, and using “subterfuge to evade his professional obligation to hold press conferences.”

Brys is replaced by one of his assistants, David Pagou, an experienced Cameroonian coach who has managed several teams in the country’s top tier.

But Pagou’s 28-man squad for the upcoming AFCON in Morocco, which begins on 21 December, is missing several key names.

They include goalkeeper Onana, team captain Vincent Aboubakar, Napoli midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, and defender Michael Ngadeu. While Anguissa has been injured, no reason has been given for the other omissions.

FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Devis Epassy (Dinamo Bucharest), Simon Omossola (St Eloi Lupopo), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Montpellier), Edouard Sombang (Colombe Du Dja)
Defenders: Samuel Kotto (Gent), Gerzino Nyamsi (Lokomotiv Moscow), Jean-Charles Castelletto (Al-Duhail), Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders), Flavien Enzo Boyomo (Osasuna), Mahamadou Nagida (Rennes), Christopher Wooh (Spartak Moscow), Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City), Darlin Yongwa (FC Lorient)
Midfielders: Martin Ndzie (Rapid Vienna), Carlos Baleba (Brighton & Hove Albion), Arthur Avom (FC Lorient), Eric-Junior Dina Ebimbe (Brest), Brice Ambina (Valerenga), Jean Junior Onana (Genoa), Olivier Kemen (Istanbul B.B)
Forwards: Bryan Mbeumo (Manchester United), Christian Bassogog (Al-Okhdood), George-Kevin N’koudou (Al-Diriyah), Danny Namaso (Auxerre), Frank Magri (Toulouse), Karl Etta Eyong (Levante), Christian Kofane (Bayer Leverkusen), Patrick Soko (Almeria)