CAF President Patrice Motsepe Annoyed by CHAN Trophy; Demands That Africa Matches World Football Standards

• CAF president Patrice Motsepe is cranky regarding what he believes are unsatisfactory standards of football across the board on the continent
• To show how annoyed he is, he aimed criticism at the African Nations Championship trophy, which he reckons is amateurish
• Motsepe is renowned for the high standards that he set in the world of business, and wants to carry this into the business of African football

CAF president Patrice Motsepe has the proverbial bee in his bonnet.

Africa's football chief is unhappy with the standards of the beautiful game on and off the field, across the entire continent.

As reported by the Daily Sun, showing how annoyed he was with the smallest to biggest details undermining the sport in Africa, Motsepe said that the African Nations Championship trophy was of a school sports standard, and not that of a prestigious international football tournament.

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He said:

"Many of the things I have seen must change. We must improve. The trophy for CHAN, we must make it nicer, we must make it bigger. We've already asked for the competition for schools [to participate in its redesign]. We need to invest a lot of money in schools football."

He also demanded that all CAF competitions must become world-class, with facilities and organisation of these matching that level.

According to MSN, he also wished Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia well ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar starting in November, where each nation is seeking to be the first from Africa to win football's biggest prize.

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Speaking during the African Nations Championship (CHAN) draw ceremony at an Algiers Opera House, he announced that: "Algeria will be candidates to host the 2025 AFCON".

On Saturday, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said Guinea would not host the 2025 edition because they were 'not ready to do so'.

The west African country, one of the poorest in the continent, currently has only one international-standard stadium, and the Cup of Nations requires six.