AFCON 2017: "There was never a question of finding a country to substitute Gabon" (I. Hayatou, CAF)

"The Confederation of African Football wishes to recall that, as reiterated on many occasions during various interviews of its president, Issa Hayatou, that there was never a question of finding a substitute country to host the Total AFCON 2017 in Gabon," stated the CAF on 23/11/2016.

"Persistent rumors circulating in recent days on social...