CAF president Patrice Motsepe has officially announced when the highly anticipated African Super League will commence.
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After months of speculation, the South African football executive has finally revealed when African club football's newest continental competition will commence.
Speaking at the FIFPRO Africa Congress in Gaborone, Botswana, the 61-year-old stated that the tournament will kick off in October.
"In October this year, the inaugural Super League will commence; some people were asking for the dates, we have it," the ex-Mamelodi Sundowns chairman said on Thursday, as per Goal.
"Some of the big sponsors are saying, 'The history of the Super League in Europe was not good.'
"If you associate the name 'super' with a football competition, it has negative connotations. We may change the name, but what indeed is going to happen in October is the inaugural. I will keep using the name 'the African Super League' until we change it.
"It is going to kick off; at the heart of that is to make sure there are more financial resources, more investments in football pitches, more investments in academies, more investments in the youth, and also more money for the players.
"African players, like all footballers all over the world, have a short life and as long as they are playing, they have to make as much money as possible."
Motsepe also expressed that he was committed to working with FIFPRO to help African-based players get paid a similar amount to their European counterparts.
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"One of the key objectives of the African Super League is to work together with our clubs to pay football players in Africa, attractive and globally competitive salaries," he added, as per CAF Online.
"CAF will continue to engage and work together with FIFPRO to advance the interests and rights of football players in Africa and throughout the world. The biggest investment we can make is in our football players and youth football."
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