Cameroon asked FIFA to create ‘a Rubiales’ with Eto’o

The Cameroon Professional Football League (LFPC), an organization that covers the African country’s clubs, issued an open letter to Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, who Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who acted against the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), Samuel Eto’o, accused of corruption and other scandals.

The LFPC is urging FIFA to act with “the speed and firmness” it showed in August when it was provisionally suspended for 90 days Luis Rubiales then president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, after his forced kiss Jenni Hermoso at the trophy presentation ceremony in Sydney after the Spanish team won the Women’s World Cup.

In the letter, the LFPC recounted the corruption cases and other controversies in which Eto’o has been embroiled in recent months and regretted that “FIFA remains silent because of similar and perhaps more serious cases that have occurred elsewhere federations, especially in FECAFOOT”.

Specifically, the LFPC details that Eto’o admitted in June 2022 that he defrauded the Spanish Public Treasury of 3.8 million euros during his time at FC Barcelona and was sentenced to 22 months in prison, a sentence that was suspended for five years. .

Also, LFPC remembers the episode where Eto’o an Algerian youtuber was attacked after Brazil-South Korea of ​​Qatar 2022 World Cup. He also denounced the signing a sponsorship contract in a personal capacity of the former Cameroonian goalscorer in the sports betting company 1XBET.

Involved in match manipulation

The LFPC also ignores the telephone conversation from January 2023, revealed in July, in which Eto’o was involved in manipulating the results of matches organized by FECAFOOT.

“There is not a single word from FIFA despite many complaints and reminders from Cameroonian football players,” the LFPC said, which is why it is calling for definite action on the matter.