Gianni Infantino hailed it as the future of the game on the continent but the first effort at an African super league proved a far cry from what was originally promised, and the jury is very much out after the rapid-fire inaugural edition.
“This is what African football needs: the best playing together more often in a top professional environment,” declared the FIFA president after South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns triumphed in the inaugural final.
The Pretoria