“We found out about the project through media reports”: Fifa director Wenger distances himself from Infantino

Wenger works at Fifa as director of global football development. Wenger’s comments came after his name appeared in a letter from the European Football Union’s lawyers to Infantino. In it, UEFA asked FIFA to secure the data and communications of 18 executives as potential evidence.

Infantino wanted to sell shares in the world association’s premium products to private investors. have donors around 20 percent of the shares in the newly founded subsidiary Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), whose value was initially estimated at 20 billion dollars. The FFE would have bundled the commercial rights to FIFA competitions such as the Men’s and Women’s World Cups and the Club World Cup.

Blatter for Klaveness as Infantino’s successor

Meanwhile will openly discussed replacing the FIFA boss. Infantino’s predecessor Joseph Blatter spoke out in favor of Norway’s head of the association as his successor. “Lise Klaveness deserves the greatest respect. She was the only one who always took a clear stand and did not join the mainstream. And at FIFA the time is ripe for a woman to take over the leadership,” wrote Blatter (90) in the short message service X.

The Swiss announced his resignation as president of the world football association in May 2015 in the wake of the corruption scandal and was replaced by his compatriot Infantino at the beginning of 2016. Since then, Blatter has sharply criticized his successor.

Klaveness (45) is a critical voice in world football who advocates for women’s rights. Infantino actually wants to be elected on March 18 next year in Rabat (Morocco) for a third and final four-year term as FIFA boss. Candidates must submit their application by November 18th.