KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The rift between the Jamaica Soccer Federation (JFF) and Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey deepened on Wednesday.
In line with a information launch from the JFF, the nationwide governing physique indicated that it had suspended Bailey’s choice to the senior males’s nationwide workforce, also referred to as the Reggae Boyz, and had referred the matter to the Disciplinary & Ethics Committee.
The information launch added that the JFF resolution was made following latest incidents, together with Bailey’s resolution to not take part within the 2024 Copa América event after being chosen.
The information launch said that JFF officers additionally thought-about a earlier announcement from Bailey that he wished to take a break from nationwide duties as a motive to droop his choice, as this transfer would finally guard in opposition to any additional miscommunication.
“The JFF values the contributions of all gamers and respects their particular person selections concerning nationwide workforce participation,” the information launch said.
Bailey was included within the Reggae Boyz squad regardless of publicly stating in March that he wished to take a break from the nationwide workforce.
Craig Butler, Bailey’s father, posted on social media after Bailey was named to the Copa squad that his son’s place “has not modified.”
The choice of Bailey to step away from the Reggae Boyz adopted a choice by head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson to droop him for Concacaf Nations League matches in March after the winger missed curfew throughout a November coaching camp.
Bailey took exception to the suspension—and mainly the whole lot else associated to the Jamaican workforce and federation—when he introduced he wouldn’t be returning to the nationwide workforce in a brutally trustworthy interview on a podcast in Jamaica.
Bailey mentioned that representing Jamaica was a present he felt he was giving to his nation.
With that background, it was stunning when Hallgrímsson launched his squad for the Copa on Wednesday evening, and Bailey’s identify was on the record.
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