CAMEROON’s footballers will be paid match fees up front ahead of today’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea-Bissau.The move is designed to avoid a repeat of the strike action which the national team took in a row over unpaid bonuses last year.In a bid to avoid any further problems, the Cameroon Sports Minister, Adoum Garoua, and the head of the football federation Fecafoot, Iya Mohammed, are in the delegation going to Bissau.Cameroon were amongst the biggest names missing from the recent Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon earlier this year and are determined to make it to the 2013 finals.But their squad for the game is missing a large number of big names.National captain Samuel Eto’o is serving a suspension for his part in the strike, as is vice-captain Enoh Eyong.Jean Makoun and Benoit Angbwa are also missing, having excluded themselves in protest at the treatment of their two colleagues.Coach Denis Lavagne is also missing Jean-Armel Kana Biyik, Stephane Mbia and Benjamin Moukanjo because of injury.
