Division, drama and power - what next for Infantino and Uefa?
A legal dispute has intensified between FIFA president Gianni Infantino and UEFA over a failed plan to sell stakes in football competitions to private investors. UEFA's legal team has accused Infantino of criminal mismanagement and corruption.
Why it matters
The conflict represents a major power struggle within global football governance, potentially leading to significant legal and structural changes in how the sport is managed.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Fifa's investment plan has intensified tensions between Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Uefa
Sports editor Published 2 hours ago "On information and belief, Infantino's actions described herein rise to the level of criminal mismanagement."
"A fraudulently off-market price promoted by Infantino for his own benefit."
Just some of the blistering language used by Uefa's lawyers in legal papers lodged in the United States over Fifa president Gianni Infantino's now-shelved plan to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors .
A scheme, Uefa claims, that awarded the World Cup an "absurdly low enterprise value... that was neither the product of an open, competitive auction, nor tested by any independent valuer". All part of "a transaction that inflicted direct and concrete injury... to the detriment of Fifa as well as its 211 members", and was conducted under "a veil of secrecy".
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