AFCON needs more respect… ✊🏽 It matters & federations need to do more to highlight this. Ask the likes of Mo Salah, Didier Drogba, Yaya Toure, Abedi Pele, Samuel Eto'o what it means…. #AFCON

@FIVEUK We see him.

@FIVEUK Well said Rio!

Is Messi or Ronaldo the best player in soccer, but this is the answer.

Can Haaland win the Ballon d’or? Is Norway ever going to win the World Cup? Personally I don’t see anything relative between Salah coming from Egypt being the reason why he cannot win the Ballon d’or. I find it difficult to understand why Caragher chose to use that illustration to be honest. Now is AFCON a major tournament? Of course YES and it should be respected as one!

@FIVEUK Nah, I disagree. How many AFCON teams have won the World Cup, let alone reached a final? Exactly.

@FIVEUK No one disputes what it means Rio. But the reality is that the standard is well below the Euros which is why it doesn’t get the same recognition. Just like the women’s game doesn’t get the same recognition as the men’s because the standard is lower.

@FIVEUK Couldn't agree with you any better.. well said @rioferdy5

@FIVEUK Unfortunately, how you personally feel about a competition is irrelevant. His comment had been muddled in the narrative that “AFCON is a joke competition” - this is wrong. Objectively, it is behind the Euros and Copa America, hence it carries less weighting, rightly or wrongly

@FIVEUK Respect for you Legend.

@FIVEUK afcon needs to be played in the summer always, having it in January or while most leagues are playing is so lazy. need to coordinate the tournament cant have players missing a few months action for their clubs

@rashthejourno @FIVEUK Look at this man, he questioned afcon