FA chair calls for release of files on Gianni Infantino's controversial World Cup sell-off plan
Debbie Hewitt seeks an independent review after backlash over the shelved World Cup investment plan and the unexplained reversal of Folarin Balogun’s ban.
- The Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino requesting an independent investigation into private investment plans for the World Cup and the handling of Folarin Balogun's disciplinary case, The Times revealed on Thursday.
- President Donald Trump confirmed he contacted Infantino to review the red card Balogun received against Bosnia-Herzegovina, preceding the decision to suspend the forward's automatic one-match ban without provided reasoning.
- Uefa, Concacaf, and the Asian Football Confederation accused Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" last month regarding a proposed commercial entity to manage World Cups and offload a 20 per cent stake to private investors.
- Uefa stated it has "lost confidence" in Infantino, launching legal proceedings to compel file disclosure, while England, Wales, and Scotland have withdrawn letters of support for his re-election.
- Next month, Infantino must face Hewitt and the other 35 FIFA Council members, though he retains robust backing from the confederations of Africa, South America, and Oceania for his re-election bid.
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The president of the English Football Federation (FA), Debbie Hewitt, asked the president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, to make public all documents relating to the project, subsequently abandoned, to open the World Cup to private investors, informed the local press on Thursday (17). Infantino's proposal, ahead of Fifa since 2016, did not go ahead after generating great controversy in the football world. The president of the FA wrote to the Italian…
English FA demands Infantino release FIFA World Cup sell-off documents
Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt has demanded that FIFA president Gianni Infantino release all documents relating to his abandoned plan read more English FA demands Infantino release FIFA World Cup sell-off documents
When it seemed that the Infantino case was subdued, because of the frustrated sale of the World Cup, the FA – the English federation, the Football Association – has demanded that FIFA declassify the documents of the operation. It has done so in a letter sent by its president, Debbie Hewitt, to the top agency of the ... Continue reading "The FA returns to the charge against Infantino: asks FIFA to declassify the reports on the sale of the World C…
English FA calls for Infantino to release World Cup sell-off documents
Infantino's proposal was short-lived after a fierce backlash from across the sport, with European governing body UEFA threatening to boycott all FIFA competitions until it was shelved. FA chair Debbie Hewitt, who is also a FIFA vice-president and a member of the FIFA Council, has written to Infantino asking for full disclosure of all information relating to the scheme before the FIFA Council next meets on October 15. Hewitt has also called for t…
England FA chair Hewitt asks Infantino to release documents related to World Cup sale, Balogun red card
FIFA vice-president Debbie Hewitt has asked chief Gianni Infantino to release the materials related to his now-abandoned World Cup investment proposal and USA striker Folarin Balogun’s red card reversal during World Cup 2026.
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