A shattering news has just shaken the web! Rigobert Song, the emblematic “Magnan” of Cameroonian football, has just created a sensation by accepting the position of coach of the Central African Republic. This exclusive information, confirmed by 237online.com, is already igniting social networks and arousing passionate reactions throughout Africa.
The underside of a nomination that shakes Africa
According to our exclusive sources, the contract signed on January 13, 2025 includes clauses never seen in Central African football. Rigobert Song would have a substantial budget to revolutionize local football, with an audacious objective: to qualify the Fauves for their first CAN in history.
The “General” doesn’t happen alone. He surrounds himself with a technical staff who is already making people talk: Éric Cabalero, recognized for his modern vision of football, and – twist – Sébastien Ngato, the same one who eliminated Cameroon from CHAN 2025. A choice which demonstrates Song’s boldness and pragmatism.
Exclusive Revelations: Behind the Scenes of a Lightning Negotiation
The negotiations took place in the greatest secrecy. A person close to the case tells us: “Several African countries courted Song, but the Central African project seduced him with its ambition and its means.” The Central African Republic, 128th in the FIFA rankings, is betting big on the former captain of the Indomitable Lions to emerge from anonymity.
-The Central African federation has already naturalized several Cameroonian talents: Samuel Nlend, Jacob Youmbi Epandi, and Yassan Ouatching. This Cameroonian connection could well be one of Song’s key assets to awaken the Fauves of Bas-Oubangui.
Unlike his Cameroonian predecessors abroad – Jean-Paul Akono in Chad or Cyprian Besogne Ashu in South Sudan – Song enjoys unprecedented political and financial support. The ghost of the failure of Omam Biyik in 2008, whose project was derailed because of the former president of the federation today in prison in The Hague, seems definitively exorcised.
The man with 137 caps with the Indomitable Lions does not hide his ambition: “I want to make history with the Central African Republic. We have the talent and the means. Qualifying for the CAN is not a dream, it’s a goal.”
