European Soccer Leagues Add to Pressure on Infantino Amid 'Crisis' Meeting
European leagues said FIFA must not keep making unilateral decisions as UEFA loses confidence in Infantino over his World Cup commercialization plan.
- On Wednesday, the European Leagues association demanded governance reform of FIFA, intensifying pressure on president Gianni Infantino following his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.
- Infantino's proposal to sell profits through a subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise drew intense criticism, while top FIFA officials Arsène Wenger and secretary-general Mattias Grafström publicly distanced themselves from the plan.
- European Leagues labeled the proposal "dangerous," warning that FIFA must reject the "expansion or creation" of competitions like a 64-team World Cup without governance reform and stakeholder consultation.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joined other leaders in expressing lack of confidence in Infantino, citing a "fatal" governance failure for not consulting senior advisers.
- FIFA denied reports that Infantino promised Morocco the 2030 FIFA World Cup final to secure support, amid growing expectations he will face an election challenge next year.
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elDiarioARThe European agency would be trying to determine how the valuation of $20 billion of FIFA's commercial assets was calculated, part of which Infantino would have tried to sell to the venture capital company led by Donald Trump's son-in-law Infantino offers Morocco the final of the 2030 World Cup to win its support in the midst of the FIFA crisis, according to The Times UEFA plans to commission an independent valuation of the FIFA World Cup sales …
The European football confederation, which "has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's presidency", maintains pressure on the Fifa.
The dazzling Fifa President Gianni Infantino stages a meeting with employees – but that only brings new trouble. And he does not manage to eliminate the Europeans' World Cup boycott.
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