Sierra Leone captain Umaru Bangura says the players are the ones suffering because of his country's current ban from international football.

The suspension was imposed by world football's governing body, Fifa, because of third party interference in the running of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA).

It led to Sierra Leone's Africa Cup of Nations back-to-back qualifiers with Ghana in October being cancelled.

"This isn't good for us. We feel disappointed because we know it has a negative effect on our football careers," the FC Zurich player told BBC Sport.

"Some foreign players including me were already in camp in Freetown when we heard the sad news about the suspension. We didn't feel good," he explained.