Premier League in joint call for FIFA reform amid Infantino crisis
- 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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According to a media report, the European football union UEFA's power struggle against FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino is now also intervening in Europe's top leagues. According to Sky Sports News, the German Bundesliga, the English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga and the Italian Serie A want to publish a joint statement on Friday, calling for reforms to FIFA governance. Whether the statement also contains a demand for resignation fr…
European football is still at war with Gianni Infantino. The last movement of the opposition against the president of FIFA led by UEFA will start from the five major leagues of the Old Continent. Premier League, League, Series A and Bundesliga will publish this Friday a joint communiqué against the management of the Swiss leader, although it is still unknown ... Continue reading "High pressure for Infantino: the big leagues of Europe prepare a s…
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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