CAF support for Infantino is no guarantee of African votes at FIFA election

CAPE TOWN, Aug 13 : African football associations have largely kept their counsel amid the storm over the future of beleaguered FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is banking on their support to keep his job.But while the Confederation of African Football has issued a statement backing him, putting CAF at odds with three other continental governing bodies that want Infantino to account for his now abandoned plan to carve off World Cup commercial rights, there is no guarantee African countries will toe the line.While Swiss-Italian Infantino is popular with African associations as he has substantially increased their FIFA grants over his decade in office, he cannot be guaranteed a block vote from the 54 CAF members when he faces re-election on March 17 at the FIFA Congress in Morocco.Africa