English FA Calls for Independent Review of FIFA Plan
The FA wants FIFA to explain the decision and release records, as 25-year-old Balogun was cleared to play despite a one-match ban.
- The Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino requesting an independent investigation into private investment plans for the World Cup and the handling of Folarin Balogun's disciplinary case, The Times revealed on Thursday.
- President Donald Trump confirmed he contacted Infantino to review the red card Balogun received against Bosnia-Herzegovina, preceding the decision to suspend the forward's automatic one-match ban without provided reasoning.
- Uefa, Concacaf, and the Asian Football Confederation accused Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" last month regarding a proposed commercial entity to manage World Cups and offload a 20 per cent stake to private investors.
- Uefa stated it has "lost confidence" in Infantino, launching legal proceedings to compel file disclosure, while England, Wales, and Scotland have withdrawn letters of support for his re-election.
- Next month, Infantino must face Hewitt and the other 35 FIFA Council members, though he retains robust backing from the confederations of Africa, South America, and Oceania for his re-election bid.
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The president of the Football Association of England, Debbie Hewitt, asked the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, to publish all the documents related to the plan to sell shares in the commercial rights of the World Cup, the British media reported today.
According to media, FIFA vice-president Debbie Hewitt is demanding answers about the controversial World Cup proposal and the Balogun case.
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Report: FIFA VP demands docs related to World Cup PE proposal
FIFA vice president Debbie Hewitt, the chairwoman of England's Football Association, reportedly is ramping up the pressure against FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Multiple outlets reported that Hewitt has asked Infantino to release all documents related to his aborted proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, as well as the controversial decision
Debbie Hewitt, president of the English Football Federation (FA), sent a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino requesting an independent analysis of the plan to attract private investors to the World Cup and how Folarin Balogun's case was handled, according to DPA, quoted by Agerpres.
English FA calls for independent review of FIFA plan
English Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino calling for an independent review into the World Cup private investor plan and the handling of the Folarin Balogun case, the Press Association understands.
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