Crucial FIFA announcement about Infantino

Despite opposition to his candidacy, Gianni Infantinopresident of FIFA, remains determined to run for re-election. This was said this Sunday by a spokesperson for the company itself. FIFA. The failed plan Infantino to sell a participation in the competitions of the FIFA (including the World Cup) to private investors generated a great wave of criticism towards the top leader of the body that governs world football, but the plans of Infantino they haven’t changed. At the moment there has been no announcement of another candidacy to challenge him for the position.

Infantino, 56 years old, He already announced that he would run for a fourth term in the elections to be held in March of next year. But, following his plan to sell a 20 percent stake in the World Cup and other competitions, UEFA, the AFC and CONCACAF called for the leader’s resignation.

The project was scrapped due to the negative reactions it caused. Infantino It continues to have the support of the African and South American confederations.

Infantino and Ceferin (UEFA president) AP Photo/Fernando Calistro

A spokesperson for the FIFA made public this Sunday the following statement: “The president of the FIFA announced in April that he will run for re-election in 2027. Of course, nothing has changed. Mr. Infantino will run for re-election,”

Infantino (FIFA), in the middle of war with Ceferin (UEFA) — Infantino does not change his plansAP

Hours before, on Saturday, Infantino She was asked, at the opening of the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, if she had any regrets about the turbulent last six weeks. And this is what the FIFA president said: “There will be a lot to say, but there will be a right place and time to do it.”