Football in Cameroon is often rocked by controversy, but this time it is facing an internal problem that the president of the federation, former international Samuel Eto’o, is trying to solve.

Cameroonian football players are actually much older than in the documents

The African nation’s under-17 national team is preparing for the UNIFACC tournament, in which the junior national teams of the Union of Central African Football Confederations participate.

Samuel Eto’o, who is now the president of Fecafoot, Cameroon’s football governing body, has taken the decision to undergo MRI tests on all selected young footballers to accurately determine their age, amid an increase in such fraud in the country, the Daily reports. Mail.

The surprise was great when 21 of the 30 juniors called did not pass the tests. After their disqualification, 11 more football players were summoned and checked, but the latter also did not undergo a medical examination.

Coach Jean-Pierre Fiala is now racing against time to put together a team he can compete with in the UNIFACC tournament.

Conducted MRI tests determine the age of the players after scanning the wrists and measuring bone growth.