Angola’s football federation have promised they will pay a claim for medical costs of their star winger Gilberto, who has recently recovered from an long-standing Achilles tendon injury but told his country he will not play for the national team until the settle the dispute.

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The 25-year-old Gilberto, who missed both the MTN Africa Cup of Nations finals and the World Cup finals last year, said earlier this week any return to national team duty would depend on the settlement of claim made by his Egyptian club Al Ahly, who had paid for two operations in Germany and Portugal.


Gilberto suffered the injury playing for Angola in a friendly international in Morocco in January 2006. He made his

comeback for Al Ahly in a MTN CAF Champions League match in Abidjan earlier this month.


Angola Football Federation secretary-general Augusto Silva said they were ready to assume responsibility for the costs, which have not been revealed.

“We expect the final costs are not yet confirmed and once his club has given us the bill we will settle,”

he said.







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