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

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.

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

Battle lines drawn as Infantino fights to hold on to power after FIFA stake sale fiasco  Reuters

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.