Fabricated Statement Attributed to Infantino Attacking Eto’o for His Thoughts on African Football

Facebook accounts have recently shared an alleged statement attributed to Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president. In the statement, Mr. Infantino attacks Samuel Eto’o, the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, saying that he could not come to an understanding with Mr. Eto’o as he has unrealistic and impractical views and suggestions regarding African football and Africa is not Europe.

Mr. Infantino allegedly added that it was not possible to grant additional seats to African teams to ensure equal representation in organizing the World Cup among the five continents. Mr. Infantino also allegedly struggled to understand why would Eto’o insist on giving a leadership seat to an African figure at the FIFA.

Some websites indicated that the statement came in response to a previous speech by Samuel Eto’o, in which he attacked FIFA and other federations.

Description: The screenshots show the purported claim shared on Facebook and media outlets.