Infantino’s Opponents at FIFA Call for US$10M Payments to Federations From Post-World Cup Reserves
UEFA and CONCACAF said FIFA can afford a $2.1 billion one-off payout as they press to block Infantino’s private-investment plan.
- On Friday, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani sent a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino demanding $10 million payouts for each of the 211 member associations from FIFA's $6 billion in cash reserves.
- This demand challenges Infantino after his FIFA Forward Enterprise project, which involved selling tournament rights to private investors, was abandoned in August following global backlash. The proposal counters his previous $20 million offer to support that now-failed project.
- Ceferin and Montagliani argued that FIFA's reserves would remain above $1.5 billion after the $2.1 billion distribution, asserting that "development is an institutional responsibility of FIFA—not a matter of individual discretion."
- UEFA has sought court authorization to obtain evidence from FIFA for a potential criminal complaint against Infantino in Switzerland. The FIFA Council plans to discuss the proposal on October 15.
- Infantino is expected to seek re-election in March 2027, with candidates required to enter by November 18. The confederation presidents remain key players in the upcoming FIFA Council meeting, shaping the organization's governance direction.
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Face-to-face for Gianni Infantino: UEFA and the American association CONCACAF are calling for FIFA to pay a billion to the 211 member states. It is about a "mountain of money" and justice.
Infantino’s opponents at FIFA call for $10M payments to federations from post-World Cup reserves
FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures as he attends the Women's U20 World Cup opening match between Poland and Argentina in Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)(AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel) GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s member federations should each get an extra $10 million from its swelling cash reserves after a successful World Cup, the […]
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UEFA and CONCACAF challenge FIFA on reserves after aborted stake sale plan
PARIS, Sept 18 : UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani have called for an independent review of FIFA's financial reserves and proposed a $2.1 billion payout to its 211 member associations, in a further sign of growing tensions over the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise project.
Infantino's opponents at FIFA call for $10M payments to federatio
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s member federations should each get an extra $10 million from its swelling cash reserves after a successful World Cup, the soccer body’s vice presidents from Europe and North America said in a letter
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