“It is purely an economic manipulation of football lovers and sponsors,” Adelabu said in a message to The Guardian yesterday. “The central motive is greed on the part of FIFA,” he added.
According to the former IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan star: “It takes an average of five good years to produce a good player and bring a good team together. The implication of the biennial World Cup is that we will be recycling those players in the big leagues across the world. There will not be enough practice time to come up with new tactics and strategies.
“We need to think about great players who get injured and how long it will take them to recover in places like Africa. Currently, we have enough football competitions across the world to cater to hungry crowds in each country across the world and FIFA has no right to cancel any football competition across the world because each of those competitions has a profound psychological impact on the sovereignty of each nation.
“Hence, the World Cup should be dedicated to showcasing the advancement in the football industry in both human and material ramifications, and not to compete with the nation's leagues since FIFA does not own any player. The FIFA biannual competition should be totally rejected by football federations of the world.
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