Eto’o calls on African football federations to support FIFA chief Infantino

Samuel Eto’o says a higher budget might have attracted the likes of Mbappe and Tchouameni to play for Africa instead.Published On 3 Sep 20263 Sep 2026Cameroon Football Federation president Samuel Eto’o has urged African football chiefs to support Gianni Infantino, crediting the FIFA president with accelerating the development of the continent’s associations and allowing more countries to reach the World Cup.“President Gianni Infantino has changed football,” Eto’o said in an interview with French sports newspaper L’Equipe.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Alvarez returns to Atletico training amid Barcelona, Arsenal transfer linkslist 2 of 4‘The time has come’: Messi retires from international footballlist 3 of 4Manchester City sign Brazilian winger Allan Elias from Palmeiraslist 4 of 4FIFA president Infantino ‘must go’, says former UEFA boss Platiniend of list“Mr Infantino has helped our continent. He has helped our federations develop much more quickly, and we have to recognise that. We should support him for everything he has achieved so far.”His comments contrast with UEFA’s increasingly confrontational position towards the FIFA president, underlining the differing pr...