Infantino could face re-election challenge, UEFA boss Ceferin warns

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has warned that FIFA president Gianni Infantino may face a re-election challenge. This comes amid pressure over Infantino's controversial investment plan, which was abandoned earlier this month. The plan involved selling off a 21% stake in the World Cup to a private investment company through a new entity called FIFA Forward Enterprise.

Ceferin has expressed strong opposition to the plan, describing it as "worse than the Super League" proposal that was widely criticized in 2021. According to Ceferin, the plan would have effectively sold football, which he believes belongs to everyone. UEFA led the opposition to the plan, and its members had threatened to boycott World Cups unless it was scrapped.

The football associations of all the home nations have since withdrawn their support for Infantino. Ceferin has stated that he is "absolutely sure" the plan is dead, and that UEFA will not allow it to happen. MyJoyOnline Ghana reports that Ceferin also noted Infantino needs to remember he is European.

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