FIFA wants Super Leagues – starting in Africa
THE INSIDER
Did you really think the Super League project was dead and buried? Think again. It’s bouncing back. Not in Europe but, instead, on a roundabout route via Africa. This version also boasts the full-hearted, public support of FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino.
Infantino knows all about the gold-encrusted value of high-profile international club competition. He was, for seven years, general secretary of UEFA. That provided him with eye-popping evidence of the multi-million bids by broadcasters and sponsors for a slice of Champions League action.
No surprise then that Infantino, on lifting the reins of power five years ago, was baffled by the club chasm in FIFA’s schedule of15 international competitions. An unspoken deal had left club games to the confederations while FIFA focused on national teams. FIFA’s only incursion was the deeply
