Former Bayern Munich defender Samuel Osei Kuffour was sacked from Ghana's camp at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Mali for clubbing, then Black Stars team manager Abdul Malik Jabir has revealed.
Then at the top of his game with the German giants and unarguably the most high-profile player in the Ghana set-up, the centre-back had a tournament to forget as he was sent away from camp, generating wild controversy.
The reason given at the time for his expulsion was that the Black Stars' legend had led a destructive camp in protest against Ghana's tournament kits.