FA chair calls for release of files on Gianni Infantino's controversial World Cup sell-off plan
Debbie Hewitt is seeking an independent review of FIFA’s abandoned World Cup investment plan and the handling of Folarin Balogun’s ban reversal.
- 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in Infantino, launching legal proceedings to compel file disclosure, while England, Wales, and Scotland have withdrawn letters of support for his re-election.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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English Football Association president and FIFA vice-president Debbie Hewitt has called on FIFA president Gianni Infantino to reveal all documents related to the now-abandoned plan to involve private investors in the World Cup, island media report.
FA’s Hewitt asks Infantino to release records on World Cup plan, Balogun suspension
England FA chair and Fifa vice-president Debbie Hewitt has written to Fifa President Gianni Infantino seeking the release of material related to his abandoned World Cup investment plan and the lifting of US striker Folarin Balogun’s suspension, an FA source confirmed to Reuters on Thursday. Infantino, 56, has been under mounting pressure since unveiling a […]
English Football Association chairwoman Debbie Hewitt wants documentation from the Fifa president related to the failed project to sell a stake to private investors.
The president of the English Football Federation (FA), Debbie Hewitt, asked the president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, to make public all documents relating to the project, subsequently abandoned, to open the World Cup to private investors, informed the local press on Thursday (17). Infantino's proposal, ahead of Fifa since 2016, did not go ahead after generating great controversy in the football world. The president of the FA wrote to the Italian…
English FA demands Infantino release FIFA World Cup sell-off documents
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