CAF Officially Launch Super League

CAF Officially Launch Super League

Sampson Adedeji

Despite having no substantial sponsors, the African Soccer governing body has officially launched the much publicised Super League, BSNsports.com.ng has gathered.

The competition was launched after the 44th General Assembly of the body at the Arusha International Conference Centre Tanzania.

An estimated $30-million will be plunged into the marketing and communication for the ‘world-class event’, while a solidarity fund of $54-million will be distributed amongst all 54 CAF member associations to develop and grow football in their respective countries – each will received $1-million per year.

“The African Super League is one of the most exciting developments in the history of African football and the objective in terms of what we are trying to achieve is very clear, number one is to make sure African club football is world-class and competes with the best in the world.

“It’s about finance as well, salaries, my family owns an African football club and what many players emphasize is that football is a short career and during that career, you need to maximise what you make and my advice is always to invest and to look after yourself and your families.

“African clubs have never had a good foundation, financially to keep some of the best players in Africa, to stay in Africa, from an income perspective, they love the continent, they want to be in Africa, so the financial part of club football is a critical issue and what we’re hoping to do is improve the quality of football. We need to get the spectators excited to watch local football so it’s as good as watching football anywhere in the world.

“We want the member associations to grow youth football, women’s football, higher the best people and also pay them competitive salaries. One of the biggest problems of the top clubs in the current CAF Champions League is they pay a lot of money on transport, accommodation and when they win, the money they get does not justify or compensate for the huge expenses they’ve undertaken," said Patrice Motsepe.