Premier League in joint call for FIFA reform amid Infantino crisis
Infantino said the review will examine FIFA’s decision-making after UEFA and other confederations opposed his dropped $4.2 billion commercial plan.
- 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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It seeks to placate the conflict with UEFA and open the decision-making process to all countries
Infantino looks set to stay, but FIFA faces a new war over power
FIFA’s Infantino pledges ‘culture of dialogue’ after uproar over secretive World Cup sell-off plan
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s embattled president Gianni Infantino said Thursday he is committed to a fresh culture of openness at the soccer body that is “not about generating positive headlines.” Two months into a deep rift for global soccer because of Infantino’s now-dropped $4.2 billion World Cup sell-off plan, he offered to his critics this...
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FIFA boss Gianni Infantino commits to ‘doing what is right for game’
In the face of continued criticism of his leadership at FIFA, Gianni Infantino posted on social media Thursday that he is ready to embrace discussions with member nations about reforms in the organization. Infantino has been under fire from a number of top national federations and governing bodies around the world, including UEFA in Europe
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Premier League in joint call for FIFA reform amid Infantino crisis
English football's top flight and its counterparts in Germany, Italy and Spain will demand urgent reform of the game's global governance in a joint statement on Friday, Sky News learns.
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