DR. MOTSEPE NOT FOR HIRE: CAF Spokesperson Defends Patrice Motsepe After Senegal AfCON Debacle
After the CAF Appeals Board striped Senegal of the 2025 title, the body’s president has endured backlash across the world.
Head of CAF Communications Luxolo September has responded.
“No one can buy Motsepe. He donated $10 million USD to CAF and hasn’t taken a cent from CAF or FIFA. People have this lazy stereotype about Africans being corrupt. When they say Dr. Patrice Motsepe is ‘bought,’ I ask: ‘By who? For how much?’ It’s laughable.
For 6 years, he’s not taken a single cent. CAF doesn’t pay for his travel, accommodation, or salary. Who can buy him? How can he be bought? We should have confidence that some leaders are incorruptible.
He’s probably the only football leader today who doesn’t take a cent from football.” [Citi Sports]
Motsepe failed!!! The Senegal saga will haunt him all his life.
The decision that was made lacked merit, in a tournament of that size, you don’t make teams win in the boardroom, because next time teams mill leave their best players behind and come with good lawyers instead.