Infantino, the FIFA president under pressure after scrapped investor plan

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino faces pressure after his private investor plan for FIFA tournaments was scrapped. The plan, linked to expanding the Club World Cup and World Cup, undermined his previously unchallenged authority within the global football organization.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino's ability to brush aside criticism and push through enlarged versions of the Club World Cup and World Cup lent him an air of omnipotence, but a failed private investor plan has left his position under threat for the first time.FFE, very much seen as Infantino's project, envisaged bringing private investment into FIFA's tournaments, including the men's and women's World Cups.