FIFA leadership backs Infantino according to investor plans
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The FIFA leadership has backed him after fierce criticism of President Gianni Infantino's investor plans. The plans to transform the association into a global business enterprise have thus failed.
After a round of crises, the FIFA leadership stood demonstratively behind President Gianni Infantino.2 The FIFA leadership stressed that attacks on the integrity of the association would not be tolerated.2 An internal strategy paper shows that Infantino wanted to shape FIFA as a global business enterprise.4
The financial service provider J.P. Morgan should act as a partner.4 Infantino's investor plans have thus failed.4,2 A commentary IN DER SPIEGEL suggests that the outrage of the associations was not the actual goal of the criticism.3
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