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Top Africa football leaders back Infantino after FIFA selloff scandal

Five influential African football leaders back Gianni Infantino amid World Cup private investment row.

Al Jazeera By Al Jazeera Aug 4, 2026, 1:37 PM Captured Aug 4, 2026, 3:37 PM

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Five influential African football leaders back Gianni Infantino amid World Cup private investment row.

Leading African football administrators have sent messages of support to embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino as he looks to the continent’s 54 members for backing in a bid ⁠to keep his job.

Five of the continent’s influential football leaders have issued statements that offer Infantino support, despite also welcoming the decision to drop his controversial plan to sell a stake in future World Cup revenue.

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Top Africa football leaders back Infantino after FIFA selloff scandal

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Gifting grants to member associations was first floated by Infantino’s predecessor, Sepp Blatter, when he stood for election against Lennart ‌Johansson in 1998, and he won with backing from most African countries, who had never before received financial help from world football’s governing body, even though CAF formally endorsed the Swede, who was then UEFA president.

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While administrators from Asia, Europe and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) all said over the weekend that they had lost confidence in Infantino’s leadership, CAF has kept its counsel, offering Infantino hope he can count on the support of its large membership as he looks to hold on to power at next March’s presidential election for FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association.

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