#3 Mohamed Sissoko - The missing friendly
Club vs. country is an enormous debate in the world of football. Players are paid huge wages by clubs, who want to protect their assets while countries want the best talent from all across the world to represent their national side in important clashes.
The African Cup of Nations takes place during the football league season and Valencia midfielder Mohamed Sissoko informed his side that he had been called up for a friendly against Kenya.
Valencia did give him a few days off and Sissoko returned to the side, he did ensure that he was brought off at half-time as the Spanish side had requested. All going well till now, it was only later that the La Liga side found out that there had not been a match between Kenya and Mali on the day Sissoko went to play for them.
In fact, the match never took place, no one really knows why Sissoko needed the few days off but certainly playing the 'country call' card worked well for the former Liverpool player.