The first Anglophone head of African football is bound to the whim of Gianni Infantino, but can create a legacy by running a more transparent ship
Considering all the intrigue and behind-the-scenes manoeuvring that preceded it, the election of Patrice Motsepe as Caf President in Morocco on Friday had a somewhat anti-climactic feel to it.
The South African mogul ascended in the most bloodless manner possible, a rubber stamp of a process so far removed from the drama of four years ago when Issa Hayatou was deposed.
There was very little decorum at that seismic result back in 2017: the Cameroonian shook his proverbial fist at the treachery of it all, and the coalition that had put forward and carried Ahmad Ahmad to victory joyed well into the small hours.