THE Confederation of African football have provided the biggest hint they are not investigating the DRC, and will not throw them out of the 2019 AFCON finals, after they unveiled an official training programme for the Leopards in Alexandria, from this evening, ahead of their Round of 16 match against Madagascar.

Reports emanating from Madagascar suggested on Wednesday an emergency process was underway at CAF, in which the Congolese were being investigated, with the Leopards facing possible expulsion from this tournament and a hefty fine, for allegedly influencing the result of their final Group A showdown against Zimbabwe.

Wealthy Congolese businessman, and politician, Moise Katumbi, who owns five-time African club champions TP Mazembe, was fingered in the sensational reports as the conductor of that orchestra amid allegations he could have corruptly influenced Zimbabwe goalkeeper, Elvis Chipezeze, to under-perform and gift the Leopards with a favourable result.

The reports, from unnamed sources, even went on to portray a graphic picture of a spectacular underworld operation in which Katumbi was accused of having approached the ‘keeper at the Cairo hotel the Warriors were staying, Le Meridien, which they shared with their Congolese counterparts.

The draw for where the visiting teams, with two from each group being paired at the same hotel, were done after the draw for the 2019 AFCON finals in April this year.

The allegations also claimed attempts by Katumbi, or those representing him, to transfer a substantial amount of money into the goalkeeper’s account were blocked by an Egyptian bank that raised the red flag, because of the huge amount involved, and paralysed the transaction.State media