Infantino’s World Cup crisis: UEFA has ‘lost confidence’ in FIFA leadership
GCC News
UEFA, who were the strongest opponents of FIFA’s plan, slam the Gianni Infantino-led governing body despite standdown.
European football’s governing body UEFA says it has lost confidence in the sport’s global governing body FIFA under its current leadership.
UEFA voted on Thursday to boycott FIFA if it did not withdraw its proposal to sell minority shares in World Cups and other events to private investors.
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Market & Policy
FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced late on Friday that he would be scrapping his FIFA Future Enterprise (FFE) plan following widespread backlash.
UEFA has welcomed that move in a statement on Saturday, but has gone on to detail its criticism of Infantino.
“We cannot keep going on like this with secret schemes on fast track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game. We must identify those responsible and hold them to account,” UEFA’s statement read.
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