Jordaan meeting Fifa bosses in bid to host Club World Cup

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Safa CEO Tebogo Motlanthe has confirmed interest in hosting the 2021 event

SA Football Association president Danny Jordaan with CEO Tebogo Motlanthe. Picture: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix

Fifa announced last week that Japan had withdrawn from hosting the competition because of the Covid-19 pandemic, citing fears the tournament would cause a rise in infections in a country that recently staged the Summer Olympics and Paralympics. “The president [Jordaan] is going to Ethiopia to meet Fifa secretary [Fatma Samoura] and Fifa president [Gianni Infantino],” Motlanthe said. “The matter is going to sit in front of the [Safa] national executive committee [NEC] after we have gathered all the facts.

“We have the facilities,” he said. “We are saying we also think when it comes to adding value in promoting the government’s vaccination drive and economic stimulus it will be a bonus for us.

 

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