England Set to Withdraw Support for Infantino Re-Election at FIFA Following Serbia, Wales
European federations are withdrawing support after FIFA’s plan to sell a 20% stake in its competitions arm drew fierce resistance.
- On Friday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino's re-election bid faced a major setback as a controversial $4.2 billion proposal to sell a roughly 20% stake in a new entity collapsed following fierce stakeholder resistance.
- UEFA voted to boycott all FIFA competitions to protest the proposed sale, citing concerns over governance, transparency, and management as core reasons for rejecting Infantino's leadership.
- National federations including the Football Association of Serbia and the Swedish federation have withdrawn support, citing "recurring shortcomings in governance" and loss of trust in Infantino's leadership.
- Coordinating their efforts, the Football Association of Wales formally confirmed withdrawal of support, with England's Football Association set to follow in a sign of unified European opposition.
- Despite mounting European pressure, Infantino is seeking backing from African, Asian, and South American regions while preparing to face a challenger during the presidential election next March in Morocco.
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Infantino's Re-election Bid in Jeopardy as Federations Withdraw Support
The national football federations of Serbia, Sweden, and Wales have withdrawn their support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino's re-election bid, with England's FA also expected to follow suit, intensifying the backlash against him following a failed plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.
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It is expected that other European federations will also withdraw their support in the coming days.
All against Infantino. After the notes of the past few days about the project of President Fifa to sell the World Cup to the private (later withdrawn), now there is the first real position in view of the elections of March 2027. The Welsh Football Federation (Football Association of Wales) " that in a Saturday note had [...] The article La Fifa is under siege: Wales and England withdraw support to Infantino, the UEFA threatens legal actions. "Do…
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