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UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Infantino's failed plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors, demanding that all related documents be preserved as potential evidence.
The Football Association of Wales has become the first national association to officially withdraw its support for Gianni Infantino's bid for a new term as FIFA president, intensifying the pressure on the Swiss administrator before the March 2027 congress.
The Asian Football Confederation has joined UEFA and CONCACAF in opposing FIFA's plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors, warning the proposals cannot achieve the consensus needed to move forward.
UEFA welcome FIFA's decision to abandon the Forward Enterprise plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors, but use their statement to attack Gianni Infantino, saying he has failed to deliver on the promises that won him office.
FIFA have officially announced that the FIFA Forward Enterprise project — the plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors that triggered the crisis with UEFA — will not be taken forward.
South America's governing body stopped short of joining UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC in opposing FIFA's private investment plan, announcing a consultation with member associations and requesting more information on the FFE project.
FIFA chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has publicly called for president Gianni Infantino to be removed after the World Cup sell-off plan: "It is the project of one person," he told the Associated Press, as pressure on the president grows.
FIFA have said they will press ahead with their "open and democratic" consultation over plans to open the World Cup to private investment, defying UEFA's unanimous boycott vote. Senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro has resigned with immediate effect.
CONCACAF have become the second confederation to reject FIFA's "Forward Enterprise" plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors, after a meeting of all 41 member federations.
