FIFA may sell a stake in the World Cup

[TheButcher]

Some one needs to do an independent and thorough investigation on this whole matter.

[britporn_mike]

The fallout continues.


"Dan Roan, Sports editor and Mandeep Sanghera, BBC Sport journalist

Published
2 hours ago

The English Football Association is set to write to Fifa president Gianni Infantino withdrawing its support amid the fallout from his scrapped plans to sell off stakes in Fifa competitions to private investors.

It comes as Uefa threatens legal action over the proposals and Wales publicly withdraw backing for Infantino's bid to continue as Fifa president.

Infantino's leadership had already been publicly questioned by football's governing bodies in Europe, North and Central America and the Caribbean, with Uefa and Concacaf releasing statements criticising the plans.

Fifa and Infantino wanted to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including its World Cups, and external investors would have been able to buy stakes in it.

World football's governing body said it would "invite third parties to make minority, non-controlling investments" in a new subsidiary called Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE).

As first reported by The Telegraph, Uefa said in a letter to Infantino "it is actively considering legal action, arbitration, and/or regulatory complaints (together, the 'proceedings') arising out of and in connection with the FFE plan proposed by Fifa".

Uefa added it wants "immediate steps to identify, locate and preserve all documents and electronically stored information described in this notice that are in your or Fifa possession, custody or control.

"These obligations arise independently of any internal retention policy you or your organisation maintain and supersede any routine document destruction or deletion policies that would otherwise apply."

BBC Sport has approached Fifa for comment."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 30vg829nxo

[jag]

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/fo ... reelection
"Maltese FA endorses Gianni Infantino for FIFA president re-election

Malta Football Association among 200 associations who have endorsed Gianni Infantino for his re-election as FIFA president, with a spokesperson citing increased revenues and significant transformation within the world football governing association"

Infantino has the Maltese football association's support and a majority of other associations, he's not going any where.

[tacnet]

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/fo ... reelection
"Maltese FA endorses Gianni Infantino for FIFA president re-election

Malta Football Association among 200 associations who have endorsed Gianni Infantino for his re-election as FIFA president, with a spokesperson citing increased revenues and significant transformation within the world football governing association"

Infantino has the Maltese football association's support and a majority of other associations, he's not going any where.

You could be right. So far England, Wales, Sweden and Serbia have all pulled support for him but a lot of the smaller nations are looking at this from a purely financial perspective. Infantino has just put on the most lucrative world cup ever and for a smaller African nation (for example), that translates into a lot of money. But he is always going to be tainted with corruption. Not just with this sell-off plan but also the FIFA Peace Prize, overturning USA's red card at the behest of Trump etc

[monsta]

The half time show is a good way to make some money for FIFA.

[britporn_mike]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... yq3el5gkqo


"Gianni Infantino has apologised for "errors" he made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors, but will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco.

Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa's Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism of his aborted proposals, with world football's governing body releasing a statement of support four hours after the meeting ended.

European football's governing body Uefa said at the weekend that it has lost confidence in Infantino, calling the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal a "shabby, back room, opaque deal".

Much criticism has come from within Fifa, including secretary general Mattias Grofstrom, who was at Wednesday's meeting. In an internal memo sent to Fifa staff on Tuesday, he wrote that the situation is "a sad and reproachable series of events".

However, in a statement following the meeting, Grofstrom and the managament board "reaffirmed their full support" for Infantino as president.

Infantino and Grofstrom also sent a signed letter - seen by the BBC - to Fifa's vice-presidents, council and 211 member associations saying they "sincerely apologise" for their errors and "commit to them not happening again".

The two were pictured attending a Women's Africa Cup of Nations match together between Malawi and Zambia in Rabat after the meeting.

Infantino had offered all associations $40m (£30m) if they backed a proposal for private investment in its tournaments, including the men's and women's World Cups, through a new subsidiary, FFE.

Fifa said that during Wednesday's meeting "mistakes" regarding FFE were "acknowledged", saying it was "not the intention" for the Fifa council and members association to "feel excluded from the process and that the process should have been handled differently".

The governing body added it "acknowledged that errors were also made after the proposal was leaked to media" - with the Times breaking the story of Infantino's plan on 28 July.

However, the statement also said the organisation "will no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process and will take all necessary measures to protect and safeguard its name and reputation".

Earlier, Fifa denied a story in the Times that Infantino had promised Morocco it will host the 2030 World Cup final in exchange for its support.

Fifa said it was a "false and misleading" claim and that a decision on where to hold the final, with the tournament also hosted by Spain and Portugal, will be made "in due course"."



He's made a good move accepting the situation.

[NSWDave]

Show him the red card send him away

[koster]

What a disaster after all the chat about the last World Cup.

[britporn_mike]

"Fifa criticises campaign to oust president Infantino"

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 03drn965do




More FIFA news not all good

[TheButcher]

"Fifa criticises campaign to oust president Infantino"

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 03drn965do




More FIFA news not all good

We’ll see if he stays on not sure myself

[TheButcher]

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/sport/fi ... presidents

"FIFA accused of ‘deception’ in open letter from confederation presidents"

I wonder if this will all blow away or will he resign or even get fired.

[Austin]

Follow the money

[pornmafia]

From news I have seen there are 2 camps some want him to stay some want him ousted, we will see which side prevails.

[tacnet]

From news I have seen there are 2 camps some want him to stay some want him ousted, we will see which side prevails.

I think he's gotta go. Even if he gets enough votes from the African nations, UEFA is never going to support him and FIFA can't survive without UEFA.

His reputation is shot to hell and half the world will always be against him. You can't undo what he did

[BrentG]

From news I have seen there are 2 camps some want him to stay some want him ousted, we will see which side prevails.

I think he's gotta go. Even if he gets enough votes from the African nations, UEFA is never going to support him and FIFA can't survive without UEFA.

His reputation is shot to hell and half the world will always be against him. You can't undo what he did

In any other organization he would have been asked to resign or fired weeks ago.