Pitso Mosimane Shares His Views on African Football League After Mamelodi Sundowns’ Truimph

Pitso Mosimane Shares His Views on African Football League After Mamelodi Sundowns’ Truimph

Raphael Abiola
updated at February 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
  • Pitso Mosimane has shared his opinion on the newly-formedAfrican Football League
  • The 59-year-old coach is currently without a job after parting ways with Al Wahda
  • The ex-Al Ahly manager also disclosed the only thing he likes about the competition

Pitso Mosimane has opened up on his views about the newly created African Football League after his former side, Mamelodi Sundowns, won the inaugural edition.

The Brazilians defeated Moroccan side, Wydad SC in a double-legged final of the competition earlier this month to become the first club to win the AFL trophy.

There were only eight teams that participated in the inaugural edition of the continental competition.

Pitso Mosimane
Pitso Mosimane shares his views on the African Football League. Photo: Angel Martinez.
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Mosimane, during an interview with the South African Football Journalists Association (SAFJA), aired his opinion about the newly formed AFL, according to a report by iDiskiTimes.

"I do not think we should talk about that. That is a tournament, that is not 'CAF'; if you are talking about this competition that [Mamelodi] Sundowns just won, where you handpick, I do not know how many teams? Eight? Eight out of 54 countries [in Africa], so that is a tournament. I do not know," he said.

The former Al Ahly boss went further to disclose the positive aspects of the competition during the same interview.

"I think for me, the only thing that I really like about this tournament is the financials behind it. Empowering clubs, clubs getting more money, but that is it, that is about it," Mosimane concluded.

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Sports Brief previously reported on Mosimane breaking silence about his future amid links to the vacant coaching role at South African side, Kaizer Chiefs.

The former Ah Ahly boss has been linked with several clubs since he departed the Emirati outfit, Al Wahda, with the Amakhosi and Zamalek top of the list.

Despite being linked with different clubs, Mosimane has given an update about his future, according to a report by iDiskiTimes on X (formerly Twitter).

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Raphael Abiola
Raphael Abiola is a Nigerian Sports Journalist with over five years of experience. He obtained a B.Tech degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, in 2015.
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