17 hours ago, faraway saint said:

The pressure continues to build...... The Welsh and English FA have withdrawn their support for this fud.

Tick tock.

I would assume, nowone of the "big" associations, the English FA, have put their heads above the parapet, this will cascade. I would be surprised if Infantino even sees out his tenure.

Given the history, I find it hard to believe FIFA will ever be able to leave one man with so much control in charge and not end up with the same scenario. As some might say. "Continuous deja vu all over again". 😮

4 hours ago, stlucifer said:

I would assume, nowone of the "big" associations, the English FA, have put their heads above the parapet, this will cascade. I would be surprised if Infantino even sees out his tenure.

Given the history, I find it hard to believe FIFA will ever be able to leave one man with so much control in charge and not end up with the same scenario. As some might say. "Continuous deja vu all over again". 😮

It should, with the English quickly showing their hand, mean that other nations will follow.

I'm fully expecting some other corrupt countries from Africa and South America to stand with him but the majority, IMO, have had enough.

Again, the recent world cup would have had seen many nations already feeling things had went too far and his position would have been in jeopardy, his proposal to sell the family jewels has just accelerated his decline.

It could be a chance for FIFA to put a new regime in place that spreads the power, time will tell.

Trying to head things off before the mob get him measured up for a noose? 😜

Under-pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with senior staff in Morocco on Wednesday.

Senior staff have been asked to attend the meeting in Rabat after the pressure on the Swiss ramped up on Tuesday. Infantino is now set for crunch talks on Wednesday with senior FIFA staff after he was forced to withdraw his plan to create FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), a company to run the commercial and operational aspects of FIFA's tournaments.

Wonder why it is in Morocco, hmm.

Infantino has apologised.

Not for the cringe worthy World Cup, not for him presenting Trump with a meaningless plastic trophy, not for the outrageous pricing at the World Cup, not for the embarrassing "advert breaks" but just for him, and him alone, trying to sell off football.

That's OK then.

Under-fire FIFA president Gianni Infantino has shaken off calls to resign - for now - with the backing of the governing body's leaders, though apologised for "mistakes" in his botched attempts to sell off a stake in the World Cup.

In a statement released after seven hours of crisis talks in Morocco, FIFA said its management board had re-affirmed their "full support" for Infantino - including secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, only days after he had labelled the World Cup plans "a sad and reproachable series of events". The pair were later seen laughing together watching a Women's AFCON game in Rabat.

What a man.....

💣 Luis Figo has eviscerated FIFA boss Gianni Infantino in a brutal statement: "I could write 10,000 words on the problems at FIFA. But the solution needs only three: Infantino must go.

🗣️ "I have loved football all my life. I was a professional player for 20 years. And believe me, I have met some rogues in my time in the game.

🗣️ "But what I have seen exposed in the last 10 days is the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed."

The man who would do that - the man who would try to force through such major changes just to enrich himself and his friends - is a relic of the game’s past and should have no part in its future.

On 8/4/2026 at 12:10 PM, faraway saint said:

I'm fully expecting some other corrupt countries from Africa and South America to stand with him but the majority, IMO, have had enough.

Shockeroony.

Easily bribed please stand on the left....

Wonder why Scotland haven't come out and said they don't support Infantino?

Typical fence sitting, not wanting to be seen to be on the losing side, alternatively they may not understand the question.

FIFA come out fightung in defence of Infantino.

Deflection of the highest order.

Time for more nations to stand up, don't lose this opportunity for change.

If he survives we're fcuked.

A damming statement with some interesting details of the latest FIFA meeting.......

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Monday, August 10, 2026

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Joint letter of AFC, CONCACAF and UEFA

Dear Football Family,

Football is the world’s greatest shared passion. It belongs to no individual and no institution.

It belongs to the players, the fans, the clubs, the Member Associations and every institution entrusted with safeguarding its future.

It is in that spirit, as Confederations representing our members, that we speak collectively today.

The growth over the past decade has been real. But that progress was never the work of one individual. It was the product of FIFA, the Confederations, the Member Associations, and the thousands of people who dedicate their lives to the game.

The expanded tournaments, the awarding of the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups, the distribution of resources to associations. These were shared achievements, agreed together, delivered together.

This is not about money. The Confederations have already called for the responsible distribution of FIFA's vast existing reserves to further strengthen investment in the development of Member Associations.

Nor is it about any Member Association losing the support it has earned, despite the fearmongering directed at our membership to suggest otherwise. Nor is it about revisiting the expansion of competitions, World Cup allocations, or any other decisions reached collectively. Those decisions were made together, and they must stand.

This is about something more fundamental: the integrity of the game, and the integrity of those elected to lead it.

Leadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding – or demanding – power to be held. It is a duty of service to the football family that entrusts it.

When trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned.

FIFA's recent letter to its Vice-Presidents and 211 Member Associations acknowledges that mistakes were made in the process. It treats this as a failure of communication, when what football witnessed was a failure of judgement. A proposal advanced on a compressed timeline, without meaningful consultation, and pushed towards a deadline before Member Associations could properly review its terms is not the product of an oversight – it is the product of a design intended to limit scrutiny.

It did not acknowledge that the proposal itself was inherently wrong. There remains no recognition that attempting to sell an interest in the FIFA World Cup was a profound failure of judgement – not just a procedural misstep, but a fundamental breach of trust with the very institutions FIFA exists to serve.

FIFA has also committed to presenting a full report on these events to the FIFA Council, once again failing to recognise that proper governance in the face of such a profound lack of judgement would require that such a review be conducted by a fully independent third party, not by FIFA itself, its staff, or by any stakeholder within football. The FIFA administration should play no role in conducting the review.

As per previous correspondence, all relevant documents and records must be preserved in accordance with UEFA’s communication on preservation of documents.

FIFA's own letter also confirms that only one elected official was present at the leadership meeting in Morocco. No FIFA Council members or Member Associations were invited to participate. Only the management committee, composed of FIFA-employed senior staff, was present.

This recent meeting, where a select number of members of the FIFA management committee – not the full committee – were summoned abroad, rather than leadership going to Zurich to address the heart of FIFA, its staff, only reinforces these concerns and represents a continuation of the very pattern of conduct that brought us to this moment. It is not the conduct of a custodian of the game, but of one who believes the game is answerable to him.

There is silence where there should be accountability, distance where there should be openness.

These are not the qualities football deserves in its leadership. That is why we have taken this stance: not lightly and not alone, but together, and out of duty to the game we serve.

Football’s strength has always been its unity. We call for that unity to be honoured now, for leadership that serves football, not seeks to command it.

Yours sincerely,

SALMAN BIN IBRAHIM AL KHALIFA (AFC President)

VICTOR MONTAGLIANI (Concacaf President)

ALEKSANDER ČEFERIN (UEFA President)

DATUK SERI WINDSOR JOHN (AFC General Secretary)

PHILIPPE MOGGIO (Concacaf General Secretary)

THEODORE THEODORIDIS (UEFA General Secretary)

Donald Trump says it would be a ‘terrible mistake’ to replace Fifa’s Gianni Infantino.

I don't think that's gonna help him.

If there was any doubt about Infantino, getting defended by the bold Donald surely seals the deal?

Purely measuring the "success" in monetary terms tells you all you need to know.

If Infantino goes will Trump invade Fifa 🤣

36 minutes ago, KMbud1877 said:

If Infantino goes will Trump invade Fifa 🤣

Never thought of that, he'll think FIFA is a country. 😜

Better late than never......

Ian Maxwell confirms the Scottish FA will not be voting for Gianni Infantino for his re-election as president of Fifa in 2027.

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