Majority Opposes It
Another Setback for Infantino! World Cup Plan in Jeopardy
FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s outlandish plans to sell shares in the World Cup to investors are in danger of failing. Following UEFA and CONCACAF, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has now also voted against the proposal...
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen “Soccer should never have been put in such a position,” the AFC stated in an official announcement. “The fact that the situation has reached a point where the real possibility of a boycott of the FIFA World Cup has entered the public debate should concern everyone who cares about the future of our sport.”
Majority Not Secured
The Asian confederation has 46 votes, UEFA has 55, and CONCACAF has 35 out of a total of 211 members. This means that, as things stand, FIFA’s outlandish World Cup plans have failed.
However, there’s a catch: The confederations do not vote as a bloc. It is the individual national associations that cast their votes. Even if UEFA, the AFC, and CONCACAF officially reject the plans, any of their member associations could theoretically still vote in favor.
Individual countries will decide
But FIFA intends to stick to its plans regardless of the headwinds. In a press release on Friday morning, the world governing body referred to “false media reports” that had disrupted the deliberations on the plans. “No one is selling soccer. That is not something FIFA would ever consider. We will continue this consultation process to ensure that every member association has the opportunity to cast its vote based on facts. But no single body can claim to represent all 211 member associations worldwide,” the statement said. “Every member association should be allowed to review the proposal and have a say in shaping its own future.”
FIFA Is Already Backtracking
However, FIFA also stated that without the support of the 211 member associations, “FIFA’s commercial activities would remain unchanged. The FFE would not be established. The FFE was proposed solely to ensure that all FIFA member associations have the opportunity to make effective use of soccer’s commercial opportunities in their respective countries, and that this is done without compromising the spirit or governance of FIFA or soccer itself.”
Just on Tuesday, the world governing body had announced its intention to raise more than four billion dollars (3.49 billion euros) from external investors through the planned subsidiary, the FFE. Future World Cup tournaments are also to be organized under the umbrella of the newly founded FFE, in which the world governing body would hold a majority stake. The world governing body set a deadline of September 19 for approval of the planned investor deal and promised a special payment in return.
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