Infantino vows to fight on as Fifa president after executive meeting

August 5, 2026 No Comments

Infantino vows to fight on as Fifa president after executive meetingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gianni Infantino was first elected Fifa president in 2016ByDale Johnson

Football issues correspondent

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Fifa president Gianni Infantino is seen before the World Cup 2026 Group D match between Australia and Turkey — Image caption,

Gianni Infantino was first elected Fifa president in 2016

Gianni Infantino will fight to stay on as Fifa president after a meeting with senior executives in Morocco on Wednesday.

Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat following mounting criticism about his aborted attempt sell off of commercial and event operations to private investors.

Uefa mentioned at the weekend that it has lost confidence in Infantino, calling the Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal a “shabby, back room, opaque deal”.

Much criticism has come from within Fifa, including secretary general Mattias Grafstom, who was at Wednesday’s meeting. In an internal memo sent to Fifa staff on Tuesday, he wrote it was “a sad and reproachable series of events”.

But Infantino has vowed to stay on and fight for re-election for a fourth term.

Rivals have until 18 November to put their names forward to stand against Infantino, with the election to be held at the Fifa Congress in Morocco in March 2027.

A candidate requires 106 votes from Fifa’s 211 members to win.