FIFA President Gianni Infantino is seeing renewed support for his leadership among international football federations despite previous criticism from European nations. Driven by expanded tournament formats and increased financial distribution to member associations, backing for Infantino remains strong across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. While some European confederations previously voiced concerns regarding governance and proposed tournament changes, resistance to his tenure appears to be waning as federations prepare for upcoming congresses and future tournament cycles.
- Support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino is consolidating across multiple global football confederations, including CAF, AFC, and CONCACAF.
- Key drivers of member federation backing include the expansion of the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams and increased commercial revenue sharing.
- Opposition from European football governing bodies has softened following the withdrawal of controversial proposals such as biennial World Cups.
- Financial assistance programs implemented by FIFA continue to play a central role in maintaining widespread support among national associations.
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When corrupt uefa thinks you are too corrupt ,that tells you something 😂
Israel wants to buy Football. ⚽🇮🇱
I prefer hair keratin than hair rebonding 😅
Infantino would let North Korea host if he received a big enough envelope under the table
Members need to boycott until Infantino resigns
Corruption supports corruption 🤷🏻♀️
Who would you attribute this quote to?
“Gianni Infantino? I’ve heard of the guy, but I don’t personally know him”
Well what a surprise!
Deutsche Welle trying to play down the Infantino scandal and trying to keep him in.
Anyone who knows Germany’s international role will immediately understand why.
Infantino😊🎉💪🤝🥳
In the standard workplace (in the West) this would be grounds for dismissal. No consultation with top advisors on such a distribution of equity is purely backdoor shenanigans. Corrupt people don't always smash the rock into bits. They let the water weave between the cracks, slowly and methodically… and we let them. Why? Because we just don't do anything about it.
Don't bother with what he's done. Think about what he's doing.
Show some backbone.
DW got the name wrong. It is Sycophantino.
FIFA power brokers rallying to protect Gianni Infantino despite his leadership becoming completely radioactive is a masterclass in shameless self-preservation. Apparently, inventing a bogus "Peace Prize" for a political figure, standing by while discriminatory policies bar dark-skinned players and officials from entering the country, overturning a clear red card just because Trump called in a personal favor to give the US an unprecedented advantage, and attempting to sell off stakes in the World Cup itself to the Kushner and Trump family orbit isn't enough to break their loyalty.
Watching football's governing body treat the world's most popular sport like a private clearance rack for political influence and personal enrichment proves just how deeply entrenched the rot is. If FIFA power brokers don't clean house and dump Infantino immediately, they risk alienating fans worldwide and destroying whatever credibility the global game has left.⚽️🇺🇸
everyone trump touches either goes to jail or gets ruined. they never learn.
If he survives this everyone who supportes him now will be rewarded. They have very little to lose if he'll be ousted but could hugely gain if not.
Infantino trying to sell World football to Trump, the Olympic committee trying to readmit Russia, has no one in world sports politics have a moral compass anymore ?
Or is corruption the currency of World Sport ?
After that style of trump corruption there will be nothing that will be rebounding he’s done
I heard that crime is legal now
Outfantino
The fact is whomever becomes FIFA President, story will be the same. The governance setup in FIFA needs to change. Anyways like i enjoyed Blatter getting thrown out, I will enjoy Infantinno thrown out ten fold. But problems will remain. The rulers of the game need to work for the fans in an ideal world. Sadly its not. So lets throw this oligarch out and get another and enjoy temporarily.
There is no future in which Infantino remains president of FIFA and UEFA participates in the FIFA World Cup.
I am 99.9% sure it was Infantino that sold this idea to the Kushners for them to support/finance. The FIFA peace prize before the world cup and the forgiveness of the Balogun red card were basically sweeteners Infantino gave away for that continued support. He should resign ASAP
If FIFA don’t oust the corrupt little toad, then FIFa needs to be disbanded. It is institutionally corrupt and needs to go.
Infantino is so corrupt. He's a disgrace to FIFA and to football in general. He must be removed immediately!
❌🚫💵INFANTINO💴CORRUPTION💶🎲💷🚫❌
💔♀️🌏🌎🌍🖤⚽⚖️❤️🩹♀️‼️
He must have been writing a lot of cheques this weekend
He wanted him and all FIFA officals to have a police escort through my home city when we hosted a few games.
My city and police laughed and said "no."
I bet Infantino will either leave soon or will not be re-elected and get a job at Kushner.