Not so long ago, FIFA announced its intention to sell rights to the World Cup. Gianni Infantino proposed selling a 20% stake in a new commercial arm valued at 20 billion dollars, aiming to raise 4.2 billion dollars from private investors. This idea caused an outrage throughout the footballing world, and almost all football federations rejected it so quickly, that the FIFA president decided to scrap the idea altogether. But it doesn’t mean that some people are still not supportive of the idea….African legend and Cameroonian football president Samuel Eto'o has pledged his support for Gianni Infantino, stating in numerous interviews that he likes the idea of giving commerical rights for the World Cup to private investors. After talking about it in August with ESPN, he tried to explained it in depth for L’Equipe."We're already selling football. Who finances football? It's companies that buy advertising space. Who owns these companies? Europe also looks after its own interests, under pressure from the clubs. Why should we be judged when we look after our own? And today, President Infantino is giving Africans the opportunity to dream of developing football. He has contributed to the improvement of African football; otherwise, you wouldn't have so many Federation headquarters built" he said.Eto’o then tried to explain that basically the only problem which African football has is the lack of funds."We will never be able to have the same perception of things. When you see some federations with budgets of 150,000 euros, how can they compete against the big countries? Nobody asks how some presidents of African federations manage to organize football in their countries. And if there's a talent drain, we're the ones who get the blame. But if we in Cameroon had the possibility of relying on a budget of 20 million or 40 million dollars per year, of course we would have had Mbappes, Tchouamenis… We would have organized our football better" said Eto’o.Former Barcelona ace acknowledged the importance of UEFA, but also named FIFA as the organization which contributes to African football."How do you expect me to think like a European federation president? People don't realize that we have young people, just because they dream of becoming footballers, who will travel 20 kilometers because there isn't a pitch near their home. How many stadiums are there in Paris? Why should we, Africans, have to stop ourselves from dreaming, from building our countries like that? And that requires initiatives like President Infantino's" said Eto’o.##NAJAVA_MECA_9930179##