A former African football chief has defended CAF president Patrice Motsepe amid accusations that the South African executive has shown preferential treatment towards Morocco.
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The north African nation has had the honour of hosting some major CAF events in recent years.
In 2022, they held the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, and for two years in a row they have also accommodated the CAF Awards, in Rabat in 2022 and in Marrakesh last year.
Morocco will welcome the continent to their home once again next year for Africa's biggest football spectacle, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, and this has fuelled speculation in some quarters that Motsepe is showing the Fouzi Lekjaa-led Royal Moroccan Football Federation preferential treatment when accepting bids to host CAF proceedings.
However, former Egyptian Football Association president Ahmed Megahed has rubbished these claims, insisting that the former Mamelodi Sundowns chairman shows no particular bias towards Morocco.
"During the era of Patrice Motsepe, there is no courtesy to any federation at the expense of the other," the former EFA chief told OnTime Sports.
"The Moroccan Federation, led by Fouzi Lekjaa, provides a great service to Africa, and they also honoured the African continent in the World Cup.
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"Morocco is not CAF's spoiled child, because sometimes it does not even get what it deserves."
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