New Zealand Withdraws Support for Infantino's 4th FIFA Term Over 20% Rights Sale Plan
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 14
New Zealand Withdraws Support for Infantino's 4th FIFA Term Over 20% Rights Sale Plan
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 14
Summary
New Zealand Football said it will not back Gianni Infantino’s re-election in March and called for an independent review of FIFA’s shelved Fifa Forward Enterprise Scheme.
NZF said the aborted plan to sell 20% of World Cup commercial rights to private investors deepened division and caused a breakdown in trust that requires outside scrutiny.
Infantino needs 106 votes for a fourth term, but he has already lost support from UEFA, the AFC and Concacaf, along with nations including England, Wales, Norway, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Oceania’s confederation stopped short of either endorsing or rejecting Infantino, welcoming FIFA’s withdrawal of the proposal while praising football development gains in the region under his leadership.