Uefa’s Ceferin tells Fifa boss Infantino: No ‘emperors’ in football
COPENHAGEN, Sept 30 — Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin on Tuesday attacked Fifa president Gianni Infantino, saying &l...
Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin criticized Fifa president Gianni Infantino at a European Football Clubs assembly in Copenhagen, stating that "football has no need for emperors." Ceferin, the head of European football's governing body, expressed his concerns about the proposed commercial subsidiary called Fifa Forward Enterprise, which Fifa aims to create to manage its biggest events such as the World Cup and Club World Cup.
Uefa has been vocal in its opposition to Infantino since the news of the subsidiary surfaced in late July. Ceferin likened Infantino to the emperor in the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Emperor’s New Clothes," arguing that convenient words cannot hide uncomfortable realities. Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi dismissed any interest in becoming the next head of global football, saying "I have zero interest in FIFA, zero ambition to be there."
Khelaifi also defended Uefa's stance against Infantino's plans to create Fifa Forward Enterprise, emphasizing that football is bigger than its governing bodies and that nobody has the right to sell its future.
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