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Arsenal<\/a>‘s Alex Song<\/a> has instructed his lawyer to file an appeal against the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) disciplinary committee\u2019s recent decision that fined him 1 million francs CFA (\u00a31,340) following a row with captain Samuel Eto\u2019o<\/a> ahead of the Afcon qualifier against Senegal<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to Xinhua<\/em> on Tuesday in Yaounde, Song\u2019s lawyer Sebastien Song argued that his client\u2019s refusal to take a handshake from Eto\u2019o was not an infraction of the Fecafoot rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that you refuse to shake hands with a team-mate does not constitute a breach of the body\u2019s rules and regulations,\u201d the lawyer said. \u201cThe incident took place in a private gathering and can\u2019t be blamed on my client. More to that, the coach who was present at the scene did to include the incident in his report to the FA because he felt Alex didn\u2019t break any rules.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Arsenal midfielder had been summoned for an \u201cattitude of contempt\u201d towards Eto\u2019o, after he avoided the Inter forward\u2019s handshake in a Yaounde hotel the group was staying at ahead of the Senegal match.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the fine was converted to a three-day community service of sporting interest where Song will be asked to carry out training sessions with youths from a football academy to be designated by the Fecafoot, but of which the player\u2019s lawyer vows to contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a stupefying verdict that we\u2019ll not sit back and accept. It is totally unjust and we\u2019ll use all available means to appeal and overturn it,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eto\u2019o was cleared while Tottenham\u2019s Benoit Assou-Ekotto was reprimanded for an unauthorised absence in camp ahead of an important match.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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