Norway calls for Infantino's resignation

Lise Klavenesspresident of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), called this Friday for the resignation of the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinostating that he no longer has the trust of the football community.

Klaveness stated about Infantino after the monthly meeting of the NFF board of directors: “He does not have the necessary institutional trust to govern FIFA with stability in these times. There is no turning back for Gianni Infantino. “International football cooperation is going through a serious crisis, and we must meet right now to ask the president of FIFA to resign.”

Lisa Klaveness received the 2023 Allianz Legend Trophy from Laura Gallach, ‘head of Communications & CSR’ at Allianz at the MD Gala

These statements come in the midst of the conflict between football’s governing bodies, caused by the proposal (already abandoned) of FIFA to sell a part of the commercial future of the World Cup. The Norwegians hope that other UEFA member countries will join their call for Infantino to resign.

The president of the Norwegian Football Federation He added: “We will see which other countries finally join, if that becomes the strategy of the board of directors of the UEFA. We talk to them a lot, and they have to manage it, so they will have to ask them. We are not going to ask for an extraordinary meeting of the UEFA board of directors; “We will ask him to resign in our dialogue with FIFA.”

Klaveness45 years old and a lawyer by profession, began by listing a long list of concerns that the Norwegian Football Federation has expressed to FIFA during its mandate, which began in March 2022.

Among them were doubts about the awarding of tournaments, the first FIFA Peace Prize, awarded to the American president donald trump in December, and the annulment of the sanction imposed on the American striker Folarin Balogun during the recent World Cup after a call from Trump (with which the attacker was able to play in the round of 16 against Belgiumwhich eliminated the USA with a 1-4).

As an open criticism of Infantinothe name of Klaveness has been sounded as one of the possible successors, but she dismissed speculation about a possible candidacy.