European football body declares no confidence in FIFA's Infantino after World Cup sell-off plan
European football's governing body UEFA said Saturday that the president of the sport’s global governing body, FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, had “lost” their "confidence" after his bid to spin off the commercial rights to the World Cup and other competitions into a semi-private company. Infantino had earlier dropped the plan, but the furious backlash it triggered appeared set to upend his presidency.
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Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino ’s FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global football politics.
The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino’s decade-long presidency.
“No option should be off the table,” said European football body UEFA, whose president Aleksander Čeferin has led the fight against Infantino in a seismic week for FIFA.
“The current FIFA leadership has not only lost UEFA’s confidence but also that of many other members of the football family.”
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