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Algeria FA president Zetchi supports Infantino on four-year Afcon plan

The Fifa boss recently recommended that Africa’s premier football tournament should be changed into a quadrennial competition

Algerian Football Federation president Kheireddine Zetchi has supported Fifa boss Gianni Infantino’s proposal for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament to he held every four years instead of two.

Infantino recently suggested that for Afcon to be commercially viable, it should be turned into a quadrennial competition.

Also putting forward Infantino’s argument, Zetchi said the current Afcon hosting structure is an economic strain which leaves hosts with a financial burden.

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“We are in favour of an Afcon of every four years provided that the specifications are more demanding than what it is today,” Zetchi was quoted as saying by Algeria 360.