Former Enugu Rangers defender Ousmane Sane Pape has put forward reasons Senegal are bossing African football at the moment.
Senegal have in recent times won the African beach Nations Cup, African Nations championship (CHAN), AFCON U20 and AFCON itself.
Ousmane, who has retired from football and now resides in home country Senegal, said the present Senegal Football Federation boss Augustin Senghor is doing the job with every sincerity.
“The Président of thé fédération, Augustin Senghor is doing a great job. He is sincere with the coaches appointment, he does it on merit. He is also working hard on grassroots football,” he posited.
“He is also sincere with his appointment of coaches and taking grassroots football seriously.”
He also said the league in Senegal has improved and this is the bedrock of football development for countries.
“There are a lot of changes in our league compared to when I played there,” he explained.
“The league is now professional in all ramifications and the clubs are run very professionally. The teams are much more organise working like professional teams the likes of Génération foot, Diambar, Casa Sports.
He further said: “For national teams to do well, first thing is to make the league good and of standard. Clubs here are not owned by government but private people. That’s has really helped our national teams to do well.”
