FIFA President Infantino 'Must Go', Says Ex-UEFA Boss Platini
Platini says Infantino failed to respect FIFA rules and faces pressure from UEFA, CONCACAF and Asia as he seeks re-election in March.
- On Sunday, former UEFA president Michel Platini declared FIFA President Gianni Infantino "must go" following scandals rocking the governing body, arguing Infantino failed as the "guarantor of the rules."
- Platini cited four-minute hydration breaks used for advertisements and a 30-minute half-time show as evidence of rule violations, while condemning the suspension of a red card for American forward Folarin Balogun following a call from President Donald Trump to Infantino.
- European football's governing body UEFA, alongside CONCACAF and Asia, pressured Infantino over his FIFA Forward Enterprises plan to introduce private investment, with UEFA accusing the president of "criminal mismanagement."
- In France, Platini is suing Infantino and former FIFA officials Marco Villiger and Domenico Scala, alleging "criminal conspiracy to commit false accusation" and influence peddling to seek compensation for his 2015 ouster.
- Despite mounting pressure and legal challenges, Infantino hopes to run for re-election this coming March, though Platini noted that if UEFA aims to remove the Swiss-Italian president, it will likely occur through the courts.
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FIFA president Infantino 'must go', says ex-UEFA boss Platini
The 56-year-old Infantino has been under fire since his aborted plan to bring private investment into FIFA events, such as the World Cup. He was also lambasted over a number of controversies during the recently-ended World Cup in North America. "Economic affairs are one thing but Infantino has failed because he is the guarantor of the rules of the game and he didn't respect them," former UEFA president Platini told Canal+. Platini hit out at the…
The former UEFA president went up against the current Fifa president on Sunday.
Michel Platini took advantage of his visit to the Canal Football Club, this Sunday on Canal +, to call Gianni Infantino to leave his position as president of the Fifa after the polemics of the 2026 World Cup and his aborted attempt to open the capital of the international body to...
"Economic issues are one thing, but I think Infantino has failed because he is the guarantor of the rules of the game and has not respected them," he sentenced the three-time winner of the Golden Ball. "Advertising pauses (so-called hydration breaks during the matches of the last World Cup) are not in the regulations, nor the 30-minute break from the final and the red card is even worse. He is the guarantor (of the rules) and he did not respect …
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The former legend of French football and former UEFA president estimated, on Sunday 30 August, that the boss of the Fifa Gianni Infantino "must leave", because he did not "respect the rules" of football.
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