{"id":969,"date":"2021-06-23T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/?p=969"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:30:30","slug":"caf-aims-for-african-super-league-despite-european-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sport\/caf-aims-for-african-super-league-despite-european-failure","title":{"rendered":"CAF aims for &#8216;African Super League&#8217; despite European failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CAF considers creating &#8216;African Super League&#8217; despite European failure.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;We have been following the attempts by some top European clubs to form a Euro Super League and will learn from their experience and pitfalls,&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>CAF says.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice Motsepe, president of CAF, said that an African Super League, inspired by the European project, should &#8220;contribute to African soccer becoming competitive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the failure of the project in Europe, Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is in favor of the creation of an African Super League. &#8220;We are evaluating and are in preliminary talks to launch an inclusive, widely supported and beneficial CAF African Super League,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>African soccer&#8217;s governing body is looking for additional revenue and Patrice Motsepe said such a project should &#8220;contribute to African soccer becoming competitive and self-sustaining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The South African, who took office last March, assured that CAF has &#8221; observed the attempts of some big European clubs to form a Euro Super League and will learn from their experience and pitfalls &#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. CAF considers creating &#8216;African Super League&#8217; despite European failure. &#8216;We have been following the attempts by some top European clubs to form a Euro Super League and will learn from their experience and pitfalls,&#8217; CAF says. 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