Sundowns president prepares to run for CAF presidency

Entrepreneur Patrice Motseby, president of the South African Sundowns Club, is preparing to run for the presidency of the CAF of the African Football Confederation in the next stage.

The executive office of the Confederation of African Football Confederation (CAF) previously decided to hold the elections for the federation’s presidency in March next year in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.

The closing of nominations is scheduled for November 12 and the names of the candidates will be sent to the national associations on January 11 of next year.

According to press reports in South Africa, Patrice Motzebi is preparing to hold a press conference on Monday after meeting with South African Football Association President Danny Jordan and Sports Minister Nati there to confirm his candidacy for the presidency of the CAF.

A report in the South African newspaper “Kick Off” indicated that if Mutsipby wins the presidency of the “CAF”, he will have to resign his presence at the Sundowns club, which won the “treble” last season.

Previously, the Malagasy Ahmed Ahmed, president of the CAF, announced his candidacy for a new term, as he assumed the presidency of the CAF in 2017, surpassing the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou at that time, who had been president of the CAF for 29 years. .

It should be noted that the previous days the Ivory Coast Football Association announced the candidacy of Jacques Anoma for the presidency of the “CAF” race.