Serbia, Sweden follow Wales in withdrawing support for Infantino re-election
The federations cited governance and transparency concerns after FIFA’s failed plan to sell a 20% stake in a new competitions entity could raise $4.2 billion.
- On Monday, the national football federations of Serbia, Sweden, and Wales withdrew their support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino's re-election bid, following the collapse of his World Cup commercial plan.
- Infantino abandoned a proposal on Friday to sell a roughly 20% stake in World Cup commercial operations to private investors for up to $4.2 billion after fierce stakeholder resistance forced him to scrap the initiative.
- On Saturday, UEFA and CONCACAF stated they had lost confidence in his leadership, while England's Football Association is expected to withdraw support, further complicating the FIFA President's path.
- The New York Post reported Monday that Infantino has repeatedly tried and failed to reach President Donald Trump by phone, with sources saying the FIFA chief feels "isolated" by negative media coverage.
- While Infantino has been re-elected unopposed twice since 2016, these defections now expose dissatisfaction among FIFA members ahead of the FIFA Congress in Morocco in March 2027.
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For nearly a decade, Gianni Infantino built one of the most powerful presidencies in FIFA’s recent history. He came to office in 2016 as the man in charge of cleaning up the image of an institution hit by the biggest corruption scandal in its history, achieved two unopposed reelections and pushed for a commercial expansion of the World Cup to become one of the most profitable sporting events on the planet. However, a few months after seeking a n…
Serbia withdraws its support for Infantino following the FIFA Forward Enterprise controversy, adding to the European rejection in the run-up to the 2027 elections.
Algemeen Dagblad
More and more countries are withdrawing their confidence in FIFA boss Gianni Infantino. On Tuesday, Wales, Sweden, and Serbia joined them. Our own KNVB had already spoken of a breach of trust earlier. The football association has now also stated that it will not vote for the Swiss national in the next presidential election of the world football governing body.
The Serbian Football Association has withdrawn its support for the FIFA president in just 70 days, joining the growing European resistance against his new mandate.
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