Qatar Still Not Satisfied with Asia Chief over Infantino Letter
QFA says the AFC lacked member consultation before joining a letter criticizing Gianni Infantino’s leadership and FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal.
- On Wednesday, QFA President Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani escalated his dispute with the Asian Football Confederation, stating their reply "raised considerably more questions than it answers" regarding the lack of consultation before criticizing FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
- In a forthright letter on Tuesday, AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa "categorically denied" exceeding his authority, claiming he had "both the authority and the responsibility to act decisively" to defend Asian football.
- Al-Thani asserts Sheikh Salman cannot speak for the 47 member associations without authorization, while critics argue the FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal was pitched directly to FIFA's 211 member associations without confederation consultation.
- Qatar is one of six AFC members supporting Infantino, who faces open revolt ahead of his reelection bid next year; the public nature of this testy exchange is highly unusual for the typically private AFC.
- The core disagreement remains whether AFC membership was consulted before the statement was issued in their name, and Al-Thani concluded the reply "cannot be characterized as a satisfying response to QFA's legitimate and important questions.
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Qatar still not satisfied with Asia chief over Infantino letter
The president of the Qatar Football Federation (QFA), Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has reiterated his rejection of the action of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) against the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and has argued that the unity of the region depends on consultation with its member associations, mutual respect and good institutional governance. In a statement published this Thursday on the website of the QFA, Al-Thani ins…
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Qatar once again attacks the Asian Football Confederation and again dislodges itself from the offensive against Gianni Infantino following the proposal of the FIFA Forward Enterprise that generated widespread unrest among the member federations, including UEFA, its main opponent. In a statement published Thursday on the QFA website, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani reiterated his rejection of the AFC's action against the FIFA president and dema…
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