Contentious decisions on African football’s television rights and tournament hosting agreements will be reviewed in the coming months, new Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad said on Friday.
The possibility of changing the timing of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals is also on the cards, as well as the qualification process for junior tournaments.
“I will be discussing with as many stake holders as there are around African football to come up with the best solution for the problems,” Ahmad, who uses only one name, told a media conference in Johannesburg after meeting with presidents of southern Africa’s football associations.
The new Caf president, who comes from Madagascar, pulled off a shock upset over long-term incumbent Issa Hayatou in last month’s elections.
Ahmad said he was concerned about a 12-year television deal that Caf signed last year with French-based Lagardere Sports.
“This contract is the subject of a judicial challenge in the Egyptian courts at the moment and it was to protect the integrity of Caf in this issue that the general secretary Hicham [El Amrani] submitted his resignation, which we accepted,” he said.
“We will investigate but I am concerned about the length of the contract. I would never sign anything for longer than three years.”
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