UEFA Boss Ceferin Says Trust in World Football Remains Broken After FIFA Investment Row
Ceferin urged unity and transparency after FIFA dropped its private-investment plan, saying trust in the sport has not returned.
- On Wednesday, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin addressed the Portugal Football Summit, stating that trust in world football remains broken following the collapse of FIFA's controversial private investment plan.
- The abandoned scheme sought to sell a 20 per cent stake in FIFA's commercial rights, including the World Cup, to private investors, prompting fierce opposition from UEFA and other confederations in July.
- "Trust in our sport rests on three pillars: unity, transparency, and governance," Ceferin said, noting that in recent times these principles were disregarded by those sworn to protect them.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino wrote to the presidents of all 211 member associations, offering an independent review of FIFA's governance framework for strategic initiatives to address the criticism.
- Infantino remains under mounting pressure ahead of next year's presidential election, as his letter has failed to reassure several federations that voiced criticism regarding the private equity proposal.
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The UEFA president reiterated that confidence in world football had not been restored following the failure of FIFA's controversial private investment project.
UEFA boss Ceferin says trust in world football remains broken after FIFA investment row
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said trust in world football had not been restored following the collapse of FIFA’s controversial private-investment plan, in his first public comments since FIFA President Gianni Infantino offered a review of the governing body’s decision-making.
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said confidence in world football has not been restored following the collapse of FIFA’s controversial private investment scheme, in his first public comments since FIFA chief Gianni Infantino proposed a review of the world body’s decision-making processes. In a video message to the […]
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Nieuws.nlOEIRAS (ANP/RTR) - UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has indicated that trust has not yet been restored after FIFA's now-withdrawn commercialization plans. “The project that broke the unity of world football may have been scrapped, but the trust that was broken has not returned; restoring it is now our job,” Čeferin said on Wednesday.
The war between FIFA and UEFA escalated after Gianni Infantino's plan to "privatize the World Cup became public, and FRF could take advantage of this conflict.
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