UEFA, CONCACAF target Infantino after FIFA shelve World Cup private investment plan

FILE - FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures as he meets the media at the FIFA World Cup closing press conference in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) 02 Aug 2026 05:39AM FIFA president Gianni Infantino came under increasing fire from continental governing bodies on Saturday (Aug 1) despite scrapping a widely-derided plan to allow private investment in the World Cup.European football's governing body UEFA had led the opposition to the plan by threatening to boycott all FIFA competitions if it went ahead.Although welcoming the withdrawal of the proposal, UEFA said that Infantino had lost their "confidence" and that of other members of the football family with a "shabby, back room, opaque deal".North and Central American football's governing body CONCACA