"I have no strings, to hold me up..." sings Motsepe on allegations that he is Infantino's puppet

July 25 - Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has denied the lingering perception that he is a puppet of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, telling it to the media as an "old story" .

On the eve of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco, Motsepe dismissed the idea that FIFA is influencing him or that the world federation has colonized CAF.

During a press conference, he said: "One of the things I love about Infantino is that there's so much that we agree on and that we We don't agree. I look at things in a more commercial way. He has a lot more experience than I do with football politics and more often than not he's right."

“I want to assure you - look at Infantino's track record before I became president. He did a good, good job for Africa. biennial world. We've been caught up in this issue about Infantino's differences with different parts of the world. From an African perspective, a World Cup every two years is fine, but the World Cup doesn't It's not just about Africa, it's about the world."

CAF was the first confederation to support Zurich's biennial revolution, which was ultimately unsuccessful.

CAF boss Motsepe has long been seen as a close ally of Infantino, whose help was instrumental in getting the South African billionaire elected by acclamation in the confederation's presidential elections in 2021.

On the eve of the vote and in the midst of a pandemic, Infantino toured Africa, raising suspicions that he had improperly influenced the electoral process.

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