In November Gianni Infantino visited the Democratic Republic of Congo to commemorate 80 years of the African Club Tout Puissant Mazembe.
And he naturally had to give a speech,during the course of which he said ..
“We want to bring it to the highest of heights and show the world the outstanding talent and amazingly gifted players your continent possesses.To do this, we want to implement a three-pillar approach: refereeing, infrastructure and competitions in close cooperation with CAF, all of its 54 member associations and other stakeholders. I am positive that we will make African football reach the top level where it should be because the quality and potential are definitely here.We have to take the 20 best African clubs and put them in an African league. Such a league could make at least $200million (£164m at today’s rates) in revenue, which would put it among the top 10 in the world.”
It was conceived in 2019 but only born in 2023 due to the havoc caused by the pandemic.
The opening game between Egypt’s Al Ahly and Tanzania’s Simba Sports Club took place a few days ago.It was attended by 60 thousands fan and by Infantino.
Here’s a report on controversies and complications..