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Apologetic Infantino ‘not fit’ to lead Fifa, claim European FA heads after meeting
Published by The Guardian on October 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM ET
Infantino failed to provide answers to questions European leaders expect someone will stand against him European football leaders are increasingly confident they will find a candidate to stand against Gianni Infantino in next year’s Fifa presidential election, with the heads of the English and German football associations questioning his fitness to govern after a three-and-a-half-hour council meeting. Infantino began the long-awaited gathering of Fifa’s 37-strong executive board by apologising for failing to consult them over his abandoned World Cup sell-off plan but failed to provide answers to dozens of questions posed by the European FAs on a range of subjects including the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, Donald Trump’s Fifa peace prize and the Folarin Balogun affair , when the USA striker’s World Cup suspension was overturned after lobbying from the US president. Continue reading...
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