{"id":28803,"date":"2026-08-05T17:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28803"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:40:51","slug":"fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-set-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-furious-calls-for-his-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28803","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino Set to Hold \u2018Crisis Meeting\u2019 Amid Furious Calls for His Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5748356\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5748356\" class=\"wp-image-5748356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26113692767637.jpg\" alt=\"gianni infantino with his hands in a prayer pose in front of his face\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5748356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolores Ochoa\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With his future as the head of world soccer in doubt, FIFA President <strong>Gianni Infantino<\/strong> is reportedly scheduled to hold a &#8220;crisis&#8221; meeting in Morocco on Wednesday with the organization&#8217;s top officials.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino, 56, is seven months away from a FIFA vote for a potential fourth term, but battling to keep his place in the international organization after a disastrous proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/nearly-100-countries-have-already-rejected-fifa-presidents-plan-to-sell-off-world-cup-stakes-to-private-investors\/\">sparked anger<\/a> amid the group&#8217;s 211 member associations.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco is set to host the next World Cup, scheduled for 2030. Infantino, who took over FIFA in 2016 from the disgraced <strong>Sepp Blatter<\/strong>, just wrapped up a World Cup in the U.S. that brought in $15 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>He was accused of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jul\/28\/fifa-plan-sell-world-cup-commercial-rights-uefa-hits-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selling the soul of football<\/a>&#8221; with his plan to create a new organization and sell off 20% of the World Cup to raise $4.2 billion from investors, including <strong>Josh Kushner<\/strong>, brother of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/trump-appears-to-get-booed-at-world-cup\/\">President\u00a0<strong>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0son-in-law\u00a0<strong>Jared Kushner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even though Infantino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantinos-future-in-question-as-world-cup-investment-plan-scrapped\/\">junked the plan on Friday<\/a>, it&#8217;s done little to stop the criticism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/infantino-holds-crisis-meeting-morocco-fifa-stake-sale-fallout-continues-2026-08-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Reuters<\/a>, which noted the expected Wednesday meeting comes as his FIFA colleagues have been less than supportive.<\/p>\n<p>An internal memo from FIFA Secretary General <strong>Mattias Grafstrom<\/strong> cited by the outlet confirmed the sell-off plan had been &#8220;permanently abandoned&#8221; and called the events leading up to the decision &#8220;sad and reproachable,&#8221; Reuters reported, while FIFA Chief Operating Officer <strong>Kevin Lamour<\/strong> had previously claimed staff were &#8220;deceived&#8221; by the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Lamour had called Infantino&#8217;s plan &#8220;the project of one person,&#8221; according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\" data-testid=\"paragraph-10\">Infantino is apparently so desperate to keep his position, he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-turns-to-trump-in-desperate-bid-to-save-his-job-amid-growing-revolt-report\/\"> tried to reach out to President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> for support,<\/a> but hasn&#8217;t been able to reach him, The<em> New York Post <\/em>reported<em>.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The backlash to the sell-off plan was so strong, FIFA&#8217;s White House World Cup Adviser <strong>Carlos Cordeiro <\/strong>quit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"qualified qualified-1\">\u201cI cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup,\u201d Cordeiro\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cordeiro-infantino-fifa-executive-world-cup-4cff20f6e2dda925e6d5395b56dcf9ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear. I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally,\u201d the former banker said, calling it \u201ca bad deal for football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-set-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-furious-calls-for-his-ouster\/\">FIFA Boss Gianni Infantino Set to Hold \u2018Crisis Meeting\u2019 Amid Furious Calls for His Ouster<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolores Ochoa\/AP Photo With his future as the head of world soccer in doubt, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is reportedly scheduled to hold a &#8220;crisis&#8221; meeting in Morocco on Wednesday with the organization&#8217;s top officials. 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