UEFA abandons idea of "overthrowing" Infantino — BBC

UEFA backs down on Infantino removal - BBC

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has no plans to remove current FIFA president Gianni Infantino from his post, the BBC reported.

According to the source, three-quarters of FIFA's member organizations, or 159 countries, must vote against the leader in order to dismiss him. In the current situation, it is considered impossible to collect such a number of votes. Therefore, UEFA will now focus on the FIFA presidential elections in 2027. They are looking for a single candidate who can defeat Infantino in this election and who is equally popular with all Europeans. Applications for participation in the elections must be submitted by November 18 of this year. The elections themselves will be held in Morocco in March 2027.

In July, Infantino announced his intention to create a separate company that would control all major football competitions from a single center. According to his plan, the organizations were supposed to receive about $ 4.2 billion in revenue from this project.

However, this proposal caused a sharp protest from the entire world football community. Football organizations from Asia, Europe, North and South America completely rejected Infantino's idea. Even UEFA said that if FIFA did not abandon this project, it would not participate in its competitions at all.

According to The Telegraph, before the events began, 52 of the 55 countries in Europe (only Germany, Romania and Norway did not agree) supported Infantino. However, when the conflict broke out, Wales was the first to announce that it would no longer support Infantino. Later, other countries also expressed their distrust of the current head of FIFA.

Nevertheless, the Confederation of African Football, Argentina, and several other countries still continue to support Infantino's ideas.