A new stab strikes the heart of FIFA and Infantino
FIFPRO has criticized FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, over a controversial project to privatize the World Cup. The players' union argues that FIFA's internal review process lacks transparency and fails to address the underlying governance flaws.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant power struggle in global sports governance regarding the accountability and decision-making processes of major international federations.
A fresh blow strikes at the heart of FIFA and Infantino World Cup FIFPRO have launched a broadside at FIFA officials, insisting that scrapping the World Cup privatisation project does nothing to end the crisis. If anything, it exposes a deep flaw in governance.
In a statement published on its official website , FIFPRO argued that the U-turn was inevitable. Yet it does not erase the fact that football's world governing body had drawn up a plan that would have permanently changed the ownership and governance of the World Cup.
What happened, the federation said, amounts to more than a governance failure. It represents a serious misuse of the FIFA president's powers.
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