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Just a few days after speaking of his pride at being called up for the DR Congo national team, the African federation has released a statement saying West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku was one of four players to quit the setup on Monday.

Masuaku was due to make his debut for his country in their friendly clash with Tanzania in Dar-Es-Salaam but has already got his return ticket back to London and is expected to be back in the capital imminently after a bizarre statement from DR Congo FA (Fecofa).

They have said Masuaku was one of four players along with Paul-José Mpoku, Gael Kakuta and Jordan Ikoko to walk out of Jean-Florent Ibenge's camp, claiming they "deplored certain organisational aspects of the course."

It is also said the players were "frustrated", with some having "broken, sulked and asked to leave"

Fecofa also say the quartet are being held accountable for the actions and that as far as they know, they have all returned to their clubs.

The statement also alludes to the travel to Dar Es Salaam as a reason why the players were supposedly unhappy, something Fecofa say they will "come back to in great detail."

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It added: "They all deplored certain organisational aspects of the course which, unfortunately, are neither within the competence of the Federation, much less the technical staff of the Congolese national team."

Masuaku has just returned to action from a six-game domestic ban for spitting at Wigan's Nick Powell in the FA Cup defeat back in January as the defender got 90 minutes under his belt against Dagenham last week in a friendly.

He is in contention to start for the Hammers in their crunch clash with Southampton in the Premier League this weekend.

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