FIFA
has denied a split with Roger Milla despite reports the Cameroon great
was dropped from its Football Committee, then resigned as a goodwill
ambassador.
FIFA says in a statement “there was apparently a misunderstanding” over Milla’s status.
Milla reportedly told
African media he lost his committee seat due to a dispute with Cameroon
football federation president Mohammed Iya, who FIFA appointed to its
2014 World Cup organising committee.
FIFA’s website no longer
lists Milla, voted Africa’s best player of the 20th century, as a member
of the advisory panel, which includes Pele and Michel Platini.
However, FIFA says “Roger Milla will keep
his position in the FIFA Standing Committees and will also continue to
be an ambassador.”
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