Confederation Of African Football Backing Embattled FIFA President Infantino
By Semafor Africa Photos: Wikimedia Commons FIFA President Gianni Infantino is leaning on Africa’s 54-member voting bloc to survive the fallout from his failed $20 billion World Cup commercial rights plan, with staunch ally Morocco leading the charge. The Confederation of African Football (CAF), led by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, said on Thursday its executive committee “unanimously reconfirmed its support” for Infantino, thanking him “for his support for African Football.” After reports of the proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup broke last month, three confederations — Asia, Europe, and North America — pushed Infantino to back down. There was also anger from senior FIFA insiders and some world leaders. Now, a pressure campaign challenging Infantino’s leadership is gathering steam, with the continued threat of a European boycott looming.
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By Semafor Africa
Photos: Wikimedia Commons
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is leaning on Africa’s 54-member voting bloc to survive the fallout from his failed $20 billion World Cup commercial rights plan, with staunch ally Morocco leading the charge.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), led by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, said on Thursday its executive committee “unanimously reconfirmed its support” for Infantino, thanking him “for his support for African Football.”
After reports of the proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup broke last month, three confederations — Asia, Europe, and North America — pushed Infantino to back down. There was also anger from senior FIFA insiders and some world leaders. Now, a pressure campaign challenging Infantino’s leadership is gathering steam, with the continued threat of a European boycott looming.
