UEFA Loses Confidence in Infantino’s FIFA Leadership
UEFA says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino’s leadership of FIFA as the fallout intensifies over a scrapped proposal to sell stakes in the governing body’s competitions to private investors. Infantino said on Saturday that FIFA would no longer proceed with the plan. European football’s governing body had earlier voted to boycott World Cups if the proposal went ahead, while other governing bodies also opposed it. UEFA welcomed the plan’s withdrawal as “a victory for the whole game” but accused Infantino of failing to deliver on promises he made while campaigning for the FIFA presidency in 2016. The fallout has placed Infantino under immense pressure as he seeks re-election for a fourth term at the FIFA Congress in March. Somali supporters can view the dispute as a struggle over who determines the direction of global football and how its competitions are commercially developed.
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