Infantino chairs FIFA Council meeting amid push to oust him

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 17:02 · Archive

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is chairing a Council meeting as opponents seek to remove him following his failed plan to sell World Cup rights to private investors.

Gianni Infantino chaired the first session of FIFA's 37-member Council on Thursday since his secretive World Cup sell-off plan was revealed and withdrawn 11 weeks earlier. The proposal had involved selling a permanent stake in tournament rights to private investors led by Joshua Kushner. The meeting brought Infantino face-to-face with his most determined critics from Europe and North America, who are seeking to oust him as FIFA president.

The four-part agenda for discussion included the withdrawn investor proposal, paying FIFA's 211 member federations from its $5–6 billion reserves, FIFA disciplinary procedures and its governance standards. The items were debated in FIFA's headquarters next to Zurich's zoo.

The confrontation occurs ahead of a November 18 deadline for candidates to enter FIFA's presidential election, which will be held four months later in Rabat, Morocco. This represents the biggest crisis of Infantino's near 11-year presidency, during which he had been heading toward a fourth and final term through 2031 until the investor plan was revealed nine days after the World Cup final on July 19 near New York.

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• Infantino to chair FIFA Council meeting as critics push to oust himGianni Infantino is about to face his biggest critics as FIFA president.News4Jax · 14 Oct, 16:24
• Infantino to chair FIFA Council meeting as critics push to oust himGianni Infantino is about to face his biggest critics as FIFA president.Clickorlando · 14 Oct, 16:24

In this story: Gianni Infantino · Joshua Kushner · FIFA · Zurich · Morocco · Europe · North America

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