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
Uefa has doubled down on its threat to boycott Fifa-run competitions and reiterated its loss of confidence in Gianni Infantino’s presidency. The latest damning intervention from European football’s governing body came as criticism of Infantino continued to rain in from several angles. The global players’ union, Fifpro, condemned “a profound abuse of presidential power” while … 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
The pressure is growing on the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, with many countries withdrawing their support following the bungled World Cup sell-off. However, how key is Infantino’s relationship with each confederation and is it likely that an election contest will actually happen? We look at the key considerations, confederation by confederation. 1) How does each … 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
A clutch of African and Asian federations have come out in support of Gianni Infantino as football’s civil war rumbles on. FIFA is made up of 211 members, with each member – regardless of the country’s size or football might – receiving one vote. That means that Spain, Brazil, England and Argentina have as much … Read more
Montagliani is the president of Concacaf, which runs football in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Like Infantino, he was elected in 2016 promising governance reform. A former president of Canada Soccer, Montagliani was heavily involved in the build-up to, and delivery of, the 2026 World Cup – the first to be hosted by … Read more