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Thoughts to : The African ⚽️ roundtable - all the 🔥 topics will be discussed!

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IS THE WOMENS AFCON BEING SHIFTED TO EVERY FOUR YEARS LIKE THE MEN?

rmfantasysetpieces/thetenner10 : @osasuo is the womens cup of nations going to be held every four years? it seems to me the same people who are changing the mens tournament have no plans to change the womens so… I argue that doesn't validate changing the mens. https://x.com/Thetenner10/status/2007149560620347762 osasuo : No, they are not. It remains biennial. Funny, isn’t it? 🙂 https://x.com/osasuo/status/2007149751943475247 rmfantasysetpieces/thetenner10 : thank you:) ahhh well, I can't do anything about it anyway

TEAMS SHOULD BREAK FOR AFCON IF THEY DON'T WANT LOWER QUALITY ABSENT CAF PLAYERS

RioMeets : Leagues should break for AFCON, simple as that! Would stop the quality being diluted without African players https://x.com/RioMeets/status/2007082210072117589 rmfantasysetpieces/thetenner10 : Exactly, the problem here is AFC/CAF/CONMEBOL/CONCAAF have grown and will continue to grow and the demands on clubs in UEFA will have to consider beyond UEFA. realrikkidoolan : No int. torno should be mid-season. Simple really. https://x.com/realrikkidoolan/status/2007140511107391686 rmfantasysetpieces/thetenner10 : Wait a minute, not all leagues are september to june, brasil is march to december… every tournament in july-august is midseason in brasil… W3Zhira : Its poor adminstration and nothing to do with anything. There is nothing that stops all continental competitions, i.e Euro, Copa America, Afcon and others to be held for instance every 4 years at the same time. Leagues in Africa dont stop for Europa or Copa America, do they?https://x.com/W3Zhira/status/2007144619419808107 rmfantasysetpieces/thetenner10 : It wasn't poor management but a different vision for CAF, why don't you admit originally CAF teams weren't guaranteed a place in the world cup + most countries can't host a tournament in june july when it is too hot or wet … https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cx2e1gexypxo W3Zhira : Every player that is called for international duty disrupts their team when their league is still on if all the other players are not. It doesnt matter whether its Europe, Asia or Africa. It is at the disadvantage of the clubs affected. https://x.com/W3Zhira/status/2007155156304236698 rmfantasysetpieces/thetenner10 : But the only way disruptions as you describe them can't occur is if all leagues are run at the same time, not just flag competitions.And all leagues can't be run at the same time. The southern hemisphere has a different natural alignment.

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Referees in CAF AFCON 02142026

osasuo / Osasu Obayiuwana :On Friday, I spoke, at length, to a person that was a key personality in the training/management of on-field referees, ARs and VAR officials at the 2024 #AFCON, globally adjudged to be world-class, even by football analysts in Europe that usually have nothing good to say about #Africa. … He explained, in great detail, how the referees were prepared for TWO years, with INTENSIVE VAR training given to officials in the six weeks leading up to the AFCON in Cote D'ivoire. … Six Ivorian youth teams played special real-time games for the referees, to ensure they consistently practiced to meet top standards, which they did. He actually said A LOT MORE than this, which I wish I could write. But to write these details would clearly identify whom I spoke to. And since he only agreed to speak to me on a "background basis", I cannot write these details. … The 2024 playbook was clearly thrown out before the 2026 AFCON, which had appalling officiating standards. CAF needs to go back to the pre-2024 preparation style, to get #AFCON refereeing to respectable standards once again. … Will the @CAF_Online authorities do this? Only time will tell. https://x.com/osasuo/status/2022589893826826548 rmfantasysetpieces/ thetenner10 :As other commentors asked, why, but in addition, the inner battles for control of the confederation are real as in all confederations. well, I hope they use the better development method for the next edition, especially as AFcon is coming back to back https://x.com/Thetenner10/status/2022710055871676776

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Senegal coaching

osasuo : #Senegal, a question: Do you think it is right that Pape Thiaw, the head coach of the 🦁s, is given less than the players, by the government, for winning the #AFCON2025? The players get 75m CFA. He gets 50m CFA. https://x.com/osasuo/status/2014306016473571650 thetenner10/rmfantasysetpieces : as long as senegal told the coach what his pay will be and upheld their part of the contract all is good. If someone tells you how much you will earn, and they pay how much they said, what can be negative? https://x.com/Thetenner10/status/2014543828020040175

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CAF 2025 change of Cup of Nations to four year

rmfantasysetpieces : Well… I always say the same thing, I hope the best for CAF, I wish I was president of CAF, but I am not. So, at the end of the day, we all have to hope for the best even if things are done that we oppose. ColinUdoh : https://x.com/ColinUdoh/status/2002645781254398016 rmfantasysetpieces : I also oppose the UEFA synergy the current CAF leadership is imposing but I have never tried to become CAF president so all I can do is hope for CAF's betterment. osasuo : https://x.com/osasuo/status/2002592056821059972 rmfantasysetpieces : Well, while I oppose what the CAF leadership has done, I have never tried to be president of CAF. The lesson here is who is leader matters. Many of us including myself who want CAF to be run a certain way, never have our names on a ballot so…the only way to undo Motsepe's (1/2) actions is to become president , do you have any ideas on how to undo Motsepe's actions? (2/2) OgaNlaMedia : https://x.com/OgaNlaMedia/status/2002394326551400527

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Thoughts on dual citizenship in futebol

this map says more than two countries in africa don't allow dual citizenship , which two have it in their constitution. I don't know. https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-countries-dont-allow-dual-citizenship-2099641

From @osasuo Two countries in #Africa have it expressly stated in their constitutions that dual citizenship is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. And yet, these two countries have been using dual citizens in their national ⚽️ teams for DECADES now. But their day of reckoning will soon be at hand. 😎 https://x.com/osasuo/status/1999808802581811587 MY COMMENT great trivia, cause I don't know the two and good multilog @ChrisAtkins_ I know the chinese constitution has been remade five times since mao but I don't know all the laws.

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The middle ground with Osasuo and the NFF is helping prove him correct

I do not deny I don't mind Mikel taking a crack at leading the NFF but I also fully comprehend Osasu Obayiuwana position, which I restate below

ahhaha no:) the truth is I failed to get into the professional ranks as a player and was a poor coach:) I comprehend you @osasuo You support a government takeover of NFF because the current regime has proven itself inept+ the bureaucracy of the Fa will never let those(1/4) you will like to see lead or enter administration of the FA do so under their terms + those who are looking to lead new regimes you consider unsatisfactory. I don't have a problem with your position. (2/4) I don't know how a government takeover of the NFF will work in the context of FIFA, other FA's will publicly speak against it, correctly. And I don't know how improvement can be guaranteed with a govt. takeover (3/4) but I comprehend your position. … based on the talk i linked below the best option is for a football club in nigeria to have the role bayern/barca have in germany /spain respectively https://rmfantasysetpieces1.tumblr.com/post/800411141564235776/dr-congo-knock-out-nigeria (4/4) referral from @osasuo https://x.com/osasuo/status/1994402322407890984 from @AJSilverCFC The Nigerian Football Federation are Yet to pay Kwara United Football Club Their 50 Million Naira Prize For winning The Nigerian Fa Cup Last season. Its Just one of The cases where the NFF have refused to released Funds To Clubs even when the Federation received the Funds. https://x.com/AJSilverCFC/status/1994817928618037334 The NFF is making it obvious they need to be handled externally. As much as I oppose it and do think other options are better… The NFF… damn

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Who are these three influential and powerful men? And why do they really matter, to anyone that cares about #African #Football?

From Osasu Obayiuwana

News source

https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1599773702991667200

Exclusive: The planning and management of this new event, to start in August 2023, are in the hands of the THREE ITALIAN men you see below. Who are they and what are their roles? Keep reading, as I make my posts, on this thread.

This is former Italian tennis player Eno Polo. A consultant to @FIFAcom , he is the CEO-designate of the company that will be formed to manage the #AfricaSuperLeague, outside @CAF_Online . The company is to be based in #Kigali, #Rwanda.

This is Romy Gai, @FIFAcom ’s Chief Business Officer and former CEO of the UAE Football League. He was Chief Revenue Officer at @juventusfcen for 14 years. Gianni Infantino has put him in charge of developing the #AfricaSuperLeague concept.

And this is @andreasartori94 , the CEO of Football Benchmark - https://footballbenchmark.com/home - “the agency in charge of working on the format and business plan of the competition,” according to my source, one of the best-informed people in African football.

Having spoken to a few sources, I am made to understand they are yet to square the financial circle for the #AfricaSuperLeague. Even with a supposed business plan that projects over $250m per annum in income, it will not put the competition into profit.

According to the plans, the #AfricaSuperLeague board will have @CAF_Online & @FIFAcom members, which begs the question - How can FIFA be directly involved in the mamagement of a @CAF_Online competition? And here's another question - will CAF control the competition?

As my sources have explained it to me, "No one from @CAF_Online has a clue about this competition. Everything is being conceptualised by @FIFAcom ."

"The big question that has to be asked," said an FA president, "is what is the involvement of the CAF executive committee in the whole process? Is the governance of African football still in Africa? Or Zurich? They really have to consider their positions in all of this."

There is a lot more that I could say. But if I do, it will be traced to some of my sources, which can't happen, as there will be blowback for them. I will make further posts on what i know, as I am able. Stick around these pages.

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