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Kocin Mali Tom Saintfiet a ranar Alhamis sun yi watsi da shawarar yin wasa da Gasar cin kofin Afrika duk bayan shekaru hudu a maimakon biyu, ya nace cewa FIFA da kungiyoyin Turai sun tilastawa nahiyar ta dauki matakin ne saboda kudi.
“Na yi matukar kaduwa da lamarin, kuma na ji takaici, abin alfahari ne na kwallon kafar Afirka, tare da fitattun ‘yan wasa a kwallon kafa na Afirka,” dan kasar Belgium ya shaida wa manema labarai a Rabat, gabanin karawar da za a yi tsakanin Mali da Morocco a ranar Juma’a ta AFCON.
“Don cire shi kuma in yi shi duk bayan shekaru hudu, zan iya fahimtar ko wata bukata ce ta kowane dalili daga Afirka, amma manyan mutane ne suka ba da umarni daga (Hukumar Mulki ta Turai) UEFAmanyan kungiyoyi a Turai da kuma FIFA kuma hakan ya sa abin bakin ciki.
Saintfiet, mai shekaru 52, ya jagoranci kungiyoyin kasa da kasa da dama na Afirka ciki har da Gambia, wadanda ya kai wasan daf da na kusa da karshe a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2022.
Mali ne ta nada shi a watan Agustan bara, kuma a ranar Juma’a ne zai jagoranci kungiyar ta AFCON mai masaukin baki a wani muhimmin wasa na rukunin A a filin wasa na Prince Moulay Abdellah.
Kusan a ko da yaushe ana gudanar da gasar cin kofin kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa ne cikin shekaru biyu tun bayan bugu na farko a shekarar 1957 amma shugaban hukumar kwallon kafar Afirka Patrice Motsepe a karshen makon da ya gabata ya sanar da cewa gasar za ta gudana ne duk bayan shekaru hudu bayan da aka shirya gudanar da gasar a shekarar 2028.
“Mun yi gwagwarmaya na dogon lokaci don a mutunta, sannan mu saurari Turai don canza tarihin ku – saboda wannan tarihin ne wanda ya dawo shekaru 68 – kawai saboda buƙatun kuɗi daga kungiyoyin da ke amfani da nauyin ‘yan wasa a matsayin uzuri yayin da suke ƙirƙirar gasar cin kofin duniya tare da ƙungiyoyi 48, gasar zakarun Turai ba tare da zakara ba,” in ji Saintfiet.
“Idan ba a sake ku a Ingila ba, kuna kusan shiga Turai, wannan wauta ce,” in ji shi.
“Idan kuna son kare ‘yan wasa to kuna buga gasar zakarun Turai tare da zakarun Turai kawai, ba ku kara yawan gasa tare da kaya mai yawa ba, sannan kuna iya buga AFCON duk bayan shekaru biyu.
“Afirka ita ce babbar nahiyar kwallon kafa a duniya, duk manyan taurari a Turai ‘yan Afirka ne, don haka ina ganin ba mu mutunta (Afirka) ta hanyar zuwa kowace shekara hudu.
“Na yi baƙin ciki sosai game da hakan – ina fatan ƙaunar Afirka za ta yi nasara kan matsin lambar Turai.”
