The FIFA president is not eligible to run again under the statutory term limits.
By Miguel Maduro and Nick McGeehan
The knives have been out for Gianni Infantino ever since the FIFA President’s botched effort to sell off the rights to FIFA tournaments to Trump-adjacent private equity. Numerous football associations have withdrawn their support for Infantino, who is set to stand again for the FIFA Presidency in March 2027. UEFA has gone so far as to prepare criminal proceedings against Infantino with a view to discovering internal documents that they presumably hope will leave Infantino’s position untenable, and sources unknown continue to feed the media damaging revelations aimed at ending Infantino’s tenure at the top of the global game.
None of it seems to be working. “We reaffirm our full commitment, of course, to supporting you”, said the head of the Asian Football Confederation, Sheikh Salman Al-Khalifa to the FIFA President at an extraordinary AFC congress in Tokyo recently. It was a remarkable turnaround from the man who co-signed a letter as recently as August calling on Infantino to resign and saying he had broken trust "
You must be a subscriber to read this article
Already a subscriber? Log in here
Josimar is entirely dependent on our subscribers to tell the stories from football that matter. Become a subscriber today!
