Gianni Infantino remains FIFA president despite apology
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
FIFA president Gianni Infantino apologised for unspecified mistakes while retaining his mandate. The supplied article gives no details of the facts concerned, or of the body or procedure that confirmed his continued leadership of the federation.
Gianni Infantino, president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), will remain in office after apologising for the “mistakes” made in a controversial project aimed at selling stakes in competitions to private investors. He received the support of FIFA’s management board members who met in Rabat, Morocco, according to BBC Sport.
Gianni Infantino had summoned the members of the management board on Wednesday to FIFA’s African office in Rabat, following a series of criticisms of the abandoned project. FIFA published a statement of support four hours after the meeting. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), European football’s governing body, said it had lost confidence in Gianni Infantino and described the Fifa Forward Enterprise project as an “opaque deal put together behind the scenes”, according to BBC Sport.
