For his position in favor of the postponement of the CAN, Faouzi Lakdjaâ has become the man to kill for a few days. Directly targeted by Samuel Eto’o’s words, the Moroccan was, through his shameless allegiance to Gianni Infantino, the source of diplomatic friction between Cameroon and the Kingdom.
“I repeat, what I find it hard to believe is that some Africans are accomplices,” Samuel Eto’o declared five days ago at the microphone of Canal + about FIFA’s attempts to postpone the CAN-2021 that Cameroon will host from January 9 to February 6, 2022. By this sentence, the brand new president of FECAFOOT was particularly targeting his Moroccan counterpart, Faouzi Lakdjaâ, guilty in the eyes of the former Ballon d’Or of rolling for Gianni Infantino.
According to Maghreb-intelligence, which takes up an influential CAF source, it was Moroccan, Faouzi Lakdjaâ who was most insistent on the idea of postponing the African Cup of Nations (CAN), during the meeting of the CAF executive committee by videoconference, last Sunday.
An ambiguous attitude to say the least which does not pass at all in Cameroon. According to Maghreb-intelligence, Faouzi Lakdjaâ’s bias in favor of the postponement of the CAN failed to trigger a diplomatic crisis between Cameroon and Morocco; the latter’s ambassador in Yaoundé having been summoned to explain himself.
“His only concern is to manage his career and to please the boss of FIFA”
Maghreb-intelligence, which always quotes a source at CAF affirms that the former striker of FC Barcelona “does not hesitate to point the finger at Faouzi Lekjaâ whom he accuses of playing for Gianni Infantino at the expense of the interests of Africa who ‘he nevertheless represents to FIFA. The argument seems to hit the mark, since several leaders of African football agree with Samuel Eto’o “and add” His only concern is to manage his career and to please the boss of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, Lakdjaâ continues to work behind the scenes for the postponement of the CAN”, adds the same source.
Clearly, the image of a man of influence and power that Faouzi Lakdjaâ tried to nurture in the heart of African football has been seriously tarnished since then. Samuel Eto’o has since picked on him. The latter went so far as to complain to the authorities of his country about the attitude of the Moroccan, to the point of endangering diplomatic relations between the two countries. Someone is at risk of getting slapped on the fingers…
