Soccer fans launch global petition urging FIFA boss Infantino to resign over World Cup 'betrayal'
The petition cites secret plans for private investment and says FIFA needs new governance with supporters involved in key decisions.
- On Thursday, fan groups worldwide launched a global petition demanding FIFA President Gianni Infantino resign and calling for wholesale organizational reform under the #InfantinOut campaign.
- The petition labels Infantino's abandoned plan to sell World Cup rights to private investors a "betrayal football will never forget," citing the secret development as the final straw for supporters.
- Backed by Football Supporters Europe, Football Supporters Africa, and the Independent Supporters Council in North America, the coalition spans all six FIFA confederations and represents about 40 national fan groups.
- Three continental confederations accused Infantino of "deception" last week, while UEFA remains intent on boycotting FIFA events, having "lost confidence" in the president's leadership.
- Proponents argue FIFA "needs to start from scratch" because reforms from 2016 are now irrelevant, with the petition advocating for rotating presidencies and stakeholder involvement to rebuild credibility.
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The fan association Football Supporters Europe has launched a petition demanding the resignation of the FIFA president and reform of the umbrella organization.
Resign Gianni Infantino: Football fans launch petition for sacking of FIFA President
Football supporters' groups worldwide have launched a petition demanding Gianni Infantino's resignation over the proposed sale of future World Cup revenues to private investors. The campaign says the episode laid bare FIFA's opaque governance, concentration of power and collapsing credibility.
The European, African and North American organizations of supporters and some 40 national associations have launched a petition calling for the departure of the current president.
While Gianni Infantino lists the nations on whose support he can count, numerous fan organizations now want to put him on the collar. "It's enough," they write, and use a petition to promote the end of the FIFA president.
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