FIFA's unapologetic Trump sycophant and sketchy hustler Gianni Infantino thought through his close association with the corrupt Malignant Fascist and his family would bring him new riches by selling off pieces of the World Cup event. The plan, hidden from member soccer conferences and internal FIFA officials, blew up after it was made public that the MF's son-in-law's brother Josh Kushner was involved in the plan. The blow-up now threatens the corrupt Infantino with removal:
"Gianni Infantino's position as Fifa president is growing increasingly untenable as Uefa declared it has lost confidence in the Swiss-Italian after he scrapped his controversial plan to sell off stakes of the World Cup to private investors.
Uefa’s 55 member associations insisted they would not participate in any Fifa tournament until plans for the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) were withdrawn and confirmed they would even have boycotted the next World Cup, forcing Infantino’s climbdown late on Friday evening.
Concacaf, the governing body for North America and the Caribbean, reiterated their own concerns over the lack of consultation and rejected the proposal, as did the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) who called for an “urgent review of its governance” at Fifa – piling more pressure on Infantino. [snip]
Calls are growing from Uefa member associations to back a candidate to run against Infantino, and the European governing body’s president Ceferin appears the most qualified.
A rival of Infantino, Ceferin most recently no-showed the World Cup 2026 final after the tournament was plagued by controversy, most notably the suspension of Folarin Balogun’s red card ban following a 'review' request from Trump, which Uefa said 'crossed a red line'”. (our emphasis)
It's another chapter in "Everything Trump Touches Dies," something that the power-lusting Infantino was blind to as he wormed his way into the MF's good graces, giving him a nonsensical "FIFA Peace Prize" because the MF was butthurt over not receiving a Nobel Prize. He intervened in the red card dispute on the U.S.'s Balogun after the MF's phone call, angerimg every other participating nation. His arrogance in not consulting with FIFA member associations at last seems to be fatal. His term is up next year, and what would have been a likely re-election as head of FIFA now looks dead.
(photo: The MF awards himself the "Peace Prize" as Infantino watches. AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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