Fifa has issued a new statement alleging there is a “concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine Fifa and its president” as pressure increases on Gianni Infantino. The governing body issued the statement in response to Uefa confirming on Saturday that a “departure payment” was made to a female employee who is alleged to … Read more
Fifa has strongly criticised what it calls a “concerted and ongoing effort” to “undermine” the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino. The statement follows a Daily Telegraph report, external which claimed Infantino’s alleged lover was given a severance payment by Uefa after he had an affair while he was its general secretary. A Fifa spokesperson … Read more
Gianni Infantino’s alleged lover was given a severance payment over the affair by Uefa while he was its general secretary, according to a Daily Telegraph investigation, external. A spokesman for the now Fifa president was reported to have told the paper Infantino “strongly denies these categorically untrue allegations”. Uefa, for whom Infantino was general secretary … Read more
A cavalcade of blacked out Mercedes, flanked by police cars, rolled into the Fifa headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, earlier this week. Infantino had summoned a select few members of the Fifa management board to discuss his plan to sell off 21% of the commercial and ticketing business to a private equity firm. This is how … Read more
Uefa is in something of a pickle as it tries to get rid of Infantino. The easiest route to success was the slow turning of the vice throughout this week, hoping to exert enough pressure to force him to quit. Yet the Swiss appears to have no intention of walking away. European football looks like … Read more
Fifa on Wednesday night confirmed that Gianni Infantino will remain as president after a meeting of its senior executives in Rabat. In a statement which also revealed that Infantino has sent written apologies to the Fifa council and the 211 member associations for failing to consult them over the World Cup sell-off, the world governing … Read more
Gianni Infantino will remain as Fifa president after he received the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco, despite world football’s governing body admitting “mistakes” have been made. Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism of his aborted attempt to sell off … Read more
The Portugal legend Luís Figo has described Gianni Infantino’s ill-fated scheme to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors as “the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed” and called on the Fifa president to resign. Infantino was forced to scrap his controversial proposal after a fierce backlash … Read more
Portuguese legend Luis Figo has slammed Gianni Infantino’s leadership of FIFA in a damning statement on the sport’s governing body. Figo is no stranger when it comes to speaking his mind about FIFA, having formally launched a campaign in 2015 for the FIFA presidency, on a platform advocating for increased transparency. He ultimately withdrew shortly … Read more
Gianni Infantino has summoned senior leaders of football’s world governing body to a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday, after another day in which its president has faced fierce criticism of his plan to sell off Fifa’s commercial and event operations. Fifa’s chief of global football development Arsene Wenger, secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, and Prince Ali, … Read more