Kgosana Masaseng, general secretary of Fifpro Africa, expresses concern over the increasing demands on football players, particularly in African teams during the Club World Cup. Despite some commendable performances, all African teams were eliminated early, exposing systemic weaknesses. Masaseng calls for necessary reforms to build the foundation of African football, emphasizing infrastructure, legal coherence, and professionalization of leagues. He advocates for a coordinated approach to improve standards and the overall development of the game, highlighting the stark challenges faced across the continent.
For Masaseng, the tournament has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the game across the continent. A former football journalist and pundit, Masaseng now represents the interests of professional players in Africa.
Largely, our leagues are very poor, that's for starters, he says. Second, they don't even have infrastructure.
I would love to see them working on gently is capacity building. That's the first step, looking at the legal frameworks that govern the game and asking: Are we all in line?
It's not coordinated, which makes it difficult to sell the product. The scale and complexity of the challenge is stark.
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