Sierra Leone National Football team Head Coach, John Keister has given reasons for dropping ace Bo Rangers Striker, Musa Noah Kamara (Musa Tombo) from the Sierra Leone squad to face Benin on Monday.

Sierraloaded earlier reported that Tombo was dropped from the final list of players to face the Squirrels of Benin in the AFCON qualifying match in Benin despite being among the earlier home squad list for the game.

The withdrawal of the Tombo, who was also awarded as the Sierra Leone Premier League player of the month has attracted wide criticisms from football fans in the country.

In a zoom interview on Saturday morning, Keister said Musa was dropped for obvious reasons adding that there are players who can perform better than him.

“Musa was excluded because of an obvious reason, I’ve got players who can perform better than him, I’ve got players who shown masterpiece in Nigeria and here in Freetown, so there are other players who can do better for now”, Keister said.

Meanwhile, Babadi Kamara, the Executive Chairman of Bo Rangers Football Club has spoken following the withdrawal of ace Striker, Musa Noah Kamara (Musa Tombo) from the Sierra Leone national team.

In a statement on Friday, Kamara appealed to fans to respect the decision of the coach and support the national team.