African Nations Cup Must Be Every Two Years, Not Four - Motsepe Insists

  African Nations Cup Must Be Every Two Years, Not Four - Motsepe Insists Patrice Motsepe, the new president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), may agree with Fifa President Gianni Infantino on many things but the timing of the African Cup of Nations is not one of them. Last year, Infantino said he wanted the African Nations Cup to be played every four years, not every two as it is now, saying the biennial nature of the event had failed to provide any commercial or infrastructural benefit for Africa. "This is one area where there are different views among different people - I have no doubt it has to be every two years," the South African, whose ascent to the Caf throne was partly aided by Fifa, said on Tuesday. Motsepe's comments came on the same day as former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is chief of global football development at Fifa, called for the World Cup to be played every two years. Many managers in Europe have long complained about the Nations Cup's timing, which has often come in the middle of their season. Motsepe's predecessor Ahmad moved the event from its traditional January-February slot to June-July for the 2019 event, but weather conditions in Cameroon mean the 2021 finals will revert back to the year's first two months. Similar weather patterns in Ivory Coast, whose wettest month of the year is June, mean the 2023 finals might also be rescheduled to earlier in the year. With the Nations Cup providing the lion's share of revenue for a confederation that has been losing money since 2017, Motsepe want its income - 'we need the money' - to instil proper financial foundations to secure a brighter future for crisis-hit Caf. "I have no doubt in my mind that I am not going to be president of an organisation which four years from now has not had significant, tangible, practical, assessable progress - it is not going to happen," he rallied.