Embattled Infantino Target of Letter From Three Confederations
The confederations accuse Gianni Infantino of deception and say a third-party investigator should review FIFA’s abandoned plan to sell World Cup rights.
- On Monday, UEFA, Concacaf, and the Asian Football Confederation accused FIFA of a "fundamental breach of trust" over plans to sell a stake in the FIFA World Cup, questioning the integrity of football's leadership.
- In an "open letter to the football family" revealed Monday, the confederations took aim at FIFA president Gianni Infantino, saying the process represented a "profound failure of judgment" and accusing him of acting like someone who "believes the game is answerable to him."
- The confederations argued the proposal's "compressed timeline" was designed to limit scrutiny, noting that only FIFA-employed staff attended the leadership meeting in Morocco rather than the full committee.
- FIFA acknowledged to its 211 Member Associations that "mistakes were made in the process," though critics dismissed this as a failure of communication rather than addressing the underlying governance breach.
- While the three confederations campaign for Infantino to resign, Argentina, Morocco, and Mexico have backed the president, and the African Football Confederation has expressed unanimous support for his leadership.
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CAF president, Motsepe explains how Infantino can be removed from FIFA
The President of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, Patrice Motsepe, has warned that Gianni Infantino can only be removed through election. CAF is one of the federations in support of Infantino continuing as FIFA boss. UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF have accused the 56-year-old of “deception” following his failed plot to sell off stakes in […] CAF president, Motsepe explains how Infantino can be removed from FIFA
According to Sami Kolamo, docent of media culture at the University of Tampere, more than half of the votes in the continental federations would be against Infantino's leadership.
Aleksander Ceferin is the key to the attempts to kill Gianni Infantino outside of the Fifa, and he is engaging UEFA in the toughest battle of his ten years of presidency, which had already successfully fought against the Super League and the World Biennial. ...
Soccer-FIFA members should decide Infantino’s future at 2027 election, says CAF president
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Under pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s fate should be decided by the organisation’s 211 member associations at next March's elections, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said. Infantino, who ...
FIFA members should decide Infantino's future at 2027 election, says CAF president
Aug 12 : Under pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s fate should be decided by the organisation’s 211 member associations at next March's elections, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said.Infantino, who is seeking re-election, has faced open revolt after three confeder
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