There is better to come, it has been promised, but October’s kick-off of the new African Football League (AFL) – the continent’s efforts at launching a super league – can only be described as a face-saving exercise.
It arrives almost four years after FIFA president Gianni Infantino first urged African football leaders at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to start a super league, suggesting 20 permanent clubs in a 24-team league and promising riches of more than $200 million.
