FIFA’s Infantino ‘Must Go, No Ifs or Buts’, Blasts German FA Vice President
DFB leaders say trust in the FIFA president is broken after the Peace Prize for Donald Trump, a reversed red card and a private-investor plan.
- On Thursday evening in Berlin, German Football Association vice-president Hans-Joachim Watzke declared that FIFA President Gianni Infantino must leave his post "no ifs or buts," citing a complete loss of trust in current leadership.
- Three specific actions prompted his condemnation: the FIFA Peace Prize awarded to President Donald Trump, the controversial overturning of Folarin Balogun's red card, and an undisclosed proposal for a commercial company involving private investors.
- "You can't just invent something on your own and then announce it, it's madness," Watzke said, arguing Infantino "created this prize himself, and he decided on it himself" without consulting the Council.
- The German Football Association was one of the few federations declining to support Infantino's re-election, with DFB president Bernd Neuendorf stating earlier this week that it is time for the Swiss administrator to depart.
- Infantino remains the sole candidate for the FIFA presidency election scheduled for March 18, 2027, with the nomination deadline set for November 18.
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After the FFF, which has already formalized its refusal to support Gianni Infantino for a new term in FIFA, Germany follows suit. Hans-Joachim Watzke, president of Borussia Dortmund and vice-president of the German Federation, has in turn positioned himself against Switzerland.
Bundesliga president Hans-Joachim Watzke has joined German Football Association (DFB) leader Bernd Neuendorf in calling for FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to resign. He cited three specific reasons - the award for US President Donald Trump, the lifting of Florian Balogun's ban and the now-withdrawn plans to sell a share of the World Cup. "He has to go. Not if, not if," Watzke was quoted as saying by the DPA news agency. "Nobody knew about it (the i…
League president Hans-Joachim Watzke reckons with FIFA boss Gianni Infantino. Three scandals are too much for him – his verdict is devastating.
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