French Football Federation withdraws long-standing backing for FIFA president Gianni Infantino
The French Football Federation has ended its more than ten-year political support for Gianni Infantino, who is seeking another term as FIFA president.
The Fédération française de football announced that it will no longer support Gianni Infantino’s candidacy for another term as head of FIFA, ending a decade-long alliance. The decision was taken at a closely watched executive committee session and is attributed to a crisis of confidence after the FIFA Forward Enterprise initiative was scrapped; the project would have created a commercial entity and opened FIFA to private investors, including individuals connected to Donald Trump’s family.
This withdrawal runs counter to a recent position expressed by Philippe Diallo. Earlier in the year, while the World Cup was underway, the French federation’s president had signed a letter backing Infantino, joining about 200 peer federations worldwide. FIFA has not issued a response to the French federation’s latest move. The development signals growing tension within global football governance.
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