Infantino remains Fifa president after executive meeting
Gianni Infantino will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives at a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday.
Italian football chief Gianni Infantino secured his position as Fifa president after senior executives endorsed him at a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday. Infantino convened members of the management board at Fifa's Africa office in Rabat following widespread criticism of his aborted plan to sell commercial and event operations to private investors.
The European football governing body Uefa expressed loss of confidence in Infantino, labeling the Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal as a "shabby, back-room, opaque deal." Criticism surfaced internally as well, with secretary general Mattias Grofstrom noting the situation as "a sad and reproachable series of events" in an internal memo to Fifa staff.
Despite the criticism, both Grofstrom and the management board reaffirmed their unwavering support for Infantino as president during the meeting.
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