Infantino sorry for errors but stays Fifa president
FIFA said 20% of the proposed commercial unit would have been sold to private investors and that the plan was permanently abandoned after a backlash.
- On Wednesday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino convened an emergency staff meeting in Rabat, Morocco, amid mounting pressure following the collapse of plans to sell 20 per cent of FIFA Forward Enterprise to private investors.
- The controversial proposal to commercialize tournaments sparked internal turmoil, leading FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstrom to email staff about a "sad and reproachable series of events" before the project was permanently abandoned last Saturday.
- Threatening a boycott, UEFA declared it has "lost confidence" in Infantino and is "actively considering" legal action, ordering FIFA to preserve documents related to the scrapped sell-off scheme.
- Seeking a majority of 19, FIFA Council members intend to stage a "governance boycott" that could effectively render the organization incapable of operating if their demands are refused.
- A deep global divide remains as Infantino faces accusations of "blackmail" from Jordan Football Association president Prince Ali bin Hussein, though he retains backing from several African and Asian federations.
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Infantino Apologizes for 'Mistakes' but Retains FIFA Backing After Crisis Meeting
FIFA's management board reaffirmed "full support" for President Gianni Infantino after seven hours of crisis talks in Morocco, even as UEFA and prominent former players continued calling for his resignation over a scrapped $20 billion World Cup stake sale.
FIFA Backs Infantino Again After Crisis Meeting In Morocco
[Image: Wiki Commons] FIFA has tried to put a lid on the latest Gianni Infantino storm by doing the most FIFA thing possible: backing its president again. The meeting took place in Rabat, Morocco, after the collapse of Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in World Cup profits through a commercial subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise. For South African football fans who spent the last World Cup watching boardroom politics leak into the actual foo…
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