Premier League in joint call for FIFA reform amid Infantino crisis
The leagues said FIFA needs stronger checks and stakeholder input after the shelved commercial plan and a $20 billion valuation dispute.
- On Thursday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino pledged a new culture of openness, offering an independent review of how the organization runs and makes decisions following governance criticism.
- This shift follows a deep rift caused by Infantino's now-dropped $4.2 billion World Cup sell-off plan, which provoked the soccer body's biggest crisis since 2015 anti-corruption arrests that led to trials in New York.
- Opposition to Infantino's leadership style, which critics describe as an "executive one-man leadership" approach, has been led by European football leader Aleksander Ceferin, North America's Victor Montagliani, and Asia's Sheikh Salman.
- Infantino will chair an October 15 meeting of the 37-member FIFA Council, where members will be asked to approve consultation on strengthening the organization's decision-making processes.
- Ahead of a March 18 vote in Morocco, Infantino faces an election challenge while insisting he remains committed to listening to soccer officials and growing the game globally.
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The Bundesliga, LaLiga, League A Series and Premier League have united their voices to demand FIFA a new governance structure that, they argue, must be "transparent, objective, proportionate and inclusive. The four major European laws demand a...
Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Premier League accuse Fifa President Gianni Infantino of leadership failure. However, they do not demand an immediate resignation.
This Friday, the Liga, the Premier League, the Serie A and the Bundesliga issued a joint communiqué calling for a reform of the governance of the Fifa. Only one large European league is missing the call: France.
Premier League hits out at Gianni Infantino's 'exploitative ideas'
The Premier League has piled even more pressure on under-fire Gianni Infantino by joining forces with Europe's major leagues to hit out at the FIFA president's 'exploitative ideas' and demand urgent reform to a governing body they brand as 'not fit for purpose'.
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