“A team that does not have a minimum of eleven (11) players available will be considered to have lost the match 0-2.”
Ronaldo misses out as Messi, Salah and Lewandoski were shortlisted for Best Men’s Player award for the year 2021.
Son has been Tottenham’s leading player this season, and his absence will be a big blow for Spurs.
CAF had previously used VAR from the quarter-finals stage of the 2019 edition in Egypt.
The increment is 11 per cent higher than the previous prize money.
The historic event was held in Lagos on Friday.
This move will see Coutinho reunite with his former teammate Steven Gerrard, who is coach at Villa Park.
The former Super Eagles winger described Senegal, Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco and Tunisia as “very strong teams”.
With Osimhen, Dennis and Ighalo missing in the Super Eagles squad, Nigeria’s attacking fortitude will now rest on inconsistent forwards like Kelechi Iheanacho and Henry Onyekuru.
Clubs will continue to conduct daily lateral flow tests (LFTs) on training days, but PCR tests will only be taken to confirm a positive lateral flow result.
