{"id":30123,"date":"2026-08-06T18:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30123"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:42:41","slug":"fifa-boss-infantino-survives-for-now-after-emergency-meeting-to-keep-his-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30123","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Boss Infantino Survives \u2014 For Now \u2014 After Emergency Meeting to Keep His Job"},"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=\"size-full wp-image-5748356\" 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>Soccer prez<strong> Gianni Infantino<\/strong> walked away from an emergency meeting in Morocco this week with the &#8220;full support&#8221; of FIFA senior leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis meeting was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-set-to-hold-crisis-meeting-amid-furious-calls-for-his-ouster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> after Infantino after sparking internal anger with a proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.<\/p>\n<p>But he&#8217;s not out of the woods yet, as Infantino is months away from a vote for a fourth term in his position.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/fifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA<\/a> statement was posted to social media, which read:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today, the members of the FIFA Management Board in attendance have taken the necessary steps to reinforce confidence in FIFA\u2019s governance and management structures and to ensure that FIFA, its mission and its responsibility towards world football continue to be fully upheld in support of both me as FIFA President and that of the administration under the stewardship of FIFA Secretary General <strong>Mattias Grafstr\u00f6m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We are fully confident that the outcomes of today\u2019s meeting will strengthen FIFA\u2019s governance, help restore confidence in the organisation and enable us to prepare for the major events and challenges ahead in a united and transparent manner while continuing our mission to develop the game around the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Infantino added, &#8220;We also agreed that FIFA will not tolerate any attacks on its integrity and will take all necessary measures to defend its reputation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The next World Cup is set to be held in Morocco in 2030. Infantino took over the FIFA organization in 2016 and just wrapped a World Cup in the U.S. that reportedly brought in $15 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/49478527\/world-cup-sale-fifa-controversial-plans-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revenue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbrHVYTCAiL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbrHVYTCAiL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Gianni Infantino &#8211; FIFA President (@gianni_infantino)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Grafstr\u00f6m, who was photographed with Infantino in his new post, had reportedly confirmed that Infantino&#8217;s <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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plan<\/a> to bring in private investors had been &#8220;abandoned&#8221; and he called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantinos-future-in-question-as-world-cup-investment-plan-scrapped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events<\/a> leading up to the decision &#8220;sad and reproachable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FIFA Chief Operating Officer <strong>Kevin Lamour<\/strong>\u00a0said staff felt &#8220;deceived&#8221; by the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Included at Wednesday&#8217;s meeting, held in Rabat, were FIFA\u2019s chief of member associations <strong>Elkhan Mammadov<\/strong>, chief legal officer <strong>Emilio Garcia Silvero<\/strong>, chief financial officer <strong>Thomas Peyer<\/strong>, chief of staff <strong>Daniel O\u2019Toole<\/strong>, media director <strong>Bryan Swanson<\/strong>, and HR chief <strong>Kimberly Morris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA said in a statement that &#8220;mistakes made (regarding FFE) were acknowledged&#8221; during the meeting and it was &#8220;agreed that it was not the intention for the FIFA council and FIFA member associations to feel excluded from the process and that the process should have been handled differently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/fifa-boss-infantino-survives-for-now-after-emergency-meeting-to-keep-his-job\/\">FIFA Boss Infantino Survives \u2014 For Now \u2014 After Emergency Meeting to Keep His Job<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolores Ochoa\/AP Photo Soccer prez Gianni Infantino walked away from an emergency meeting in Morocco this week with the &#8220;full support&#8221; 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The crisis meeting was called after Infantino after sparking internal anger with a proposal to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. 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