Fifa to offer extra £2.6bn for football development
FIFA plans to increase its football development funding by $3.4 billion for the 2027-2030 cycle, bringing the total to $6.35 billion. This move follows criticism of President Gianni Infantino's previous financial proposals and aims to support youth and women's football.
Why it matters
The massive injection of funds into global football governance highlights the financial power of the World Cup and the political pressures facing FIFA's leadership ahead of re-election.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Fifa president Gianni Infantino will be standing for re-election in March
Sports editor Published 14 October 2026 Fifa is set to propose a $3.4bn (£2.6bn) increase in the amount of money it hands out for football development across the world.
World football's governing body wants to release the money from its reserves in a move which would more than double the level of planned distribution funding for 2027-2030.
It says it has been able to release the extra cash because of the commercial success of this summer's World Cup.
The proposal will be made at a meeting of Fifa's council on Thursday and comes at a time when the organisation is under pressure following president Gianni Infantino's aborted Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan.
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