The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Head of Operations and Media Relations, Luxolo September, has responded to several claims made by Pitso Mosimane that CAF president Patrice Motsepe is trying to sabotage his success.
“We’ve noticed the comments by the coach and there are a couple of things that are completely inaccurate,” September told the media.
“A clear issue for example is the comment made that the AFCON date was put at the same time as the FIFA Club World Cup by CAF. We all know this is absolute nonsense, because the AFCON date was set in 2019.
“The dates of the Club World Cup were not set by CAF. How is this president Motsepe’s fault, I don’t know? Was he expected to move 52 matches of AFCON? The dates were set even before Mr Motsepe was the president of CAF.
“It’s not CAF who decided on the date of the Club World Cup, it’s not a CAF tournament.”
“The second point I want to raise is the CAF Champions League final in Casablanca. There are a lot of allegations from coach Pitso, especially against the CAF president,” he continued.
“First of all, the CAF is bound by the regulations of CAF. There was a decision made not by Patrice Motsepe but by the CAF Executive, based on a bidding process that was followed.
“By the time there was an opportunity to select the venue, only two countries were left: Senegal and Morocco. Senegal withdraw and CAF was duty-bound to select Morocco.
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