African legend, Samuel Eto’o has said Fifa’s proposal to have the Africa Cup of Nations held every four years will not help the continent in any way.
The former Barcelona player believes a four-year Afcon is simply a way to make the best players in Africa available for their club sides at the expense of our football.
According to him, it will only favor the Europeans and African players like Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who play for popular clubs in Europe.
He added that Africa should reject it because we must focus on improving the quality of our football to compete with tournaments in other continents.
His words, “Is it in the interest of Africans to organise a Afcon every four years? I think it’s more like the Europeans,”
“They want to have Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at their disposal.”
“We have to bring our football up to that of Europeans,”
“We asked Caf for help in going faster in the restructuring. It takes a policy on the African continent to develop the champions. This is what will keep national teams from blackmailing.”
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