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Does Infantino have a point about a quadrennial Africa Cup of Nations?

The Fifa president set the continent on edge with his latest prescription for the Afcon, but the opposition has more to do with him than his ideas

In 2020’s first lesson on the medium being just as important as the message, Gianni Infantino, proxy ruler of Caf, has seen his most recent proposal to amend the modalities of the Africa Cup of Nations met with a groundswell of disapproval.

It was at a Caf seminar over the weekend in Morocco that the 49-year-old pitched his latest tweak to the way football in Africa operates.