Infantino holds crisis meeting in Morocco in wake of FIFA stake sale fallout

First order of meeting is likely to focus on ensuring that the FIFA president at least survives the seven months until the election

Gianni Infantino is under renewed fire after two high ranking FIFA officials – secretary general Mattias Grafström & chief of global football development Arsene Wenger – criticised his now scrapped plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup. The FIFA president, who was expected to run unopposed, could now face fresh cha

Infantino holds crisis meeting in Morocco as FIFA stake sale fallout continues  Reuters

By Rohith Nair Aug 5 (Reuters) - Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with top FIFA officials in Morocco on Wednesday as he looks to shore up his position in the wake of the collapse of his gambit to sell off commercial rights to the World Cup. The FIFA president has been the subject of a torrent of criticism, a

One clear advantage for Infantino as he looks to extend his presidency until 2031 is that there is no clear candidate to stand against him in March's election.

Infantino was last week forced to scrap a proposal to make stakes in FIFA's commercial and event operations available for private investment

Under-pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with senior staff in Morocco on Wednesday.

Gianni Infantino summons Fifa staff to crisis meeting in Morocco  The Times

The crisis triggered by FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s abandoned proposal to sell off a stake in the World Cup deepened on Tuesday with influential figures publicly distancing themselves from the project while scrambling to contain the damage.

Comments from secretary-general Mattias Grafström add to pressure on Fifa president

Aug 4 : The reverberations from FIFA President Gianni Infantino's abandoned proposal to sell off a stake in the World Cup continued to rage on Tuesday with one media report suggesting three regional confederations had united to try to force him out of office.After three days of unprecedented civil war in the world of s

The collapse of Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s unilateral $4.2-billion plan to sell World Cup rights has prompted calls from Uefa, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football and others for transparency and possible legal action.