UEFA steps up and warns Infantino: he has lost our trust

UEFA steps up and warns Infantino: he has lost our trust UEFA is stepping up its criticism of Gianni Infantino even after he backed down from his plan to sell stakes in tournaments such as the World Cup to an investment fund. The European governing body says the current FIFA leadership "has lost its trust and that of a large part of the football family," despite the withdrawal of the proposal. The European body welcomes the unanimous rejection from its associations and from other federations and confederations, but now demands that FIFA be identified as responsible and held to account. In that process, in which "no option" is being ruled out, it suggests pushing for Infantino’s resignation, as he comes under increasing pressure.   The text recalls Gianni Infantino’s words in 2016, when he asked for the federations’ vote by promising full transparency and assuring them that FIFA’s money "belongs to you, not the president." According to UEFA, he "has failed" on both commitments, and the deal he tried to push through was described outright as "botched, backroom and opaque." UEFA adds an economic reproach: with more than $5 billion in its coffers, FIFA has also failed to use that money for the benefit of football. The European body is now proposing a new way to distribute those resources through the FIFA Forward programme, without having to "sell the family silver." The statement concludes by calling the withdrawal of the plan a "victory for all of football," but warns that this is not the end of the story. The proposal has disappeared, UEFA says, but the task of rebuilding trust in FIFA "has only just begun." This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.