FIFA Boss Infantino Blasted as Would-Be 'Emperor' by UEFA's Ceferin
Ceferin said FIFA’s shelved commercial rights plan would have let private investors take up to 20% of a FIFA-controlled subsidiary.
- On Tuesday, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin criticized FIFA President Gianni Infantino during a general assembly in Copenhagen, invoking Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" to attack his leadership and abandoned commercial plans.
- FIFA's abandoned Forward Enterprise proposal would have allowed private investors to acquire up to 20% of a FIFA-controlled subsidiary holding World Cup rights, but faced widespread opposition from the governing body's 211 member associations.
- Ceferin urged club executives to imagine officials secretly negotiating away their "crown jewels" without board knowledge, accusing unnamed decision-makers of bending rules and stating, "My friends, I think it is time to say enough."
- UEFA pursued legal action in a Florida court to access documents for a potential Swiss criminal complaint, prompting FIFA to accuse the European body of a "misinformation campaign" to influence next year's presidential election.
- Numerous leading European national associations have withdrawn their support for Infantino's re-election bid, revealing deepening tensions between the continental body and the global governing organization ahead of next year's vote.
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The leader of the European Football Federation spoke on Tuesday at the General Assembly of the Association of Clubs of the Continent in Copenhagen. The opportunity to engage in a severe tirade against the controversial FIFA boss.
'The emperor is naked': UEFA's Ceferin takes aim at FIFA boss Infantino
‘The emperor is naked’: UEFA’s Aleksander Ceferin takes aim at FIFA boss Gianni Infantino
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said ‘the emperor is naked’ on Tuesday in a blistering attack on FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his failed plan to sell a stake in the governing body’s commercial rights to private investors.
FIFA boss Infantino blasted as would-be 'emperor' by UEFA's Ceferin
"Yes, let's grow, let's innovate, let's make our clubs and competitions even more successful, but let's never forget that football is bigger than those who govern it. We are custodians, we are not owners. Nobody has the right to sell its future," the head of European football's governing body told the European Football Clubs (EFC) general assembly in Copenhagen. UEFA, whose clubs and national teams dominate football's global economy, has been ou…
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin ruled out today that football needs emperors, after FIFA's aborted project to market football World Cup stakes to private investors.
UEFA leader Aleksander Ceferin has launched an attack on FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the latter's failed proposal to sell World Cup shares to private investors.
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