However, his arguments about the current situation appears to give comfort to those who have been yearning to see the back of the Cameroonian at CAF.
Warner has vowed to open the can of worms and vindicate himself from any impropriety, as investigations from the US and Swiss authorities build up.
What would he say? Would his revelation sink South Africa the more or save face?
Ordinarily, the scandal and its immediate consequences have little impact on the sport in Africa. FAs have been intentionally ignoring the issue, perhaps to avoid taking a different stand than CAF.
Club Presidents and their players have limited their opinions to kitchen gossips, which are always concluded with a resigning shrug, suggesting there is nothing they can do, but focus on what they do best which is play football.
What African soccer aficionados care about most is not the politics or profit-making and profit-sharing within FIFA, CAF and the national FAs, but the availability of necessary infrastructure and the beauty of the game.
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