Uefa, Concacaf and AFC Draft New FIFA Plan After Infantino's 21% World Cup Sell-Off
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 11
Uefa, Concacaf and AFC Draft New FIFA Plan After Infantino's 21% World Cup Sell-Off
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 11
Summary
Uefa, Concacaf and the AFC are drafting a policy framework to reshape FIFA governance, financial distribution and the use of roughly $5 billion in reserves after Gianni Infantino ignored demands for an independent review.
The push follows disclosure of a plan to sell 21% of the World Cup, which the three confederations say reflects a patronage-driven system entrenched during Infantino's 10 years in charge.
That framework could back a challenger in next year's FIFA presidential election — with Concacaf chief Victor Montagliani seen as a leading possibility — or even become a template for a breakaway body.
The standoff is already threatening competitions: UEFA still says its members will boycott next month's Under-20 Women's World Cup unless FIFA orders an independent review and gives legally binding assurances against a repeat.
Meetings in Salzburg around Wednesday's Uefa Super Cup are expected to harden Europe's common line, with Aleksander Ceferin set to meet Nasser al-Khelaifi as pressure grows for change at FIFA's top.