After the Football Association of Wales withdrew its support for Gianni Infantino’s re-election as FIFA president, the football associations of Sweden and Serbia have followed suit.
The two federations said they were withdrawing their backing for the FIFA president following the governing body’s controversial attempt to sell stakes in its competitions.
Infantino faced growing criticism over plans to sell a reported US$4 billion stake in the FIFA World Cup to an investment group led by Joshua Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
UEFA strongly opposed the proposal and threatened to boycott the World Cup if it went ahead. Similar opposition from CONCACAF and the AFC ultimately forced FIFA to abandon the plan.
Pressure is mounting on Gianni Infantino as more football associations withdraw their support for his expected bid for re-election as FIFA president in 2027.
“The Football Association of Serbia has withdrawn its support for Gianni Infantino for a new term as FIFA President. We would like to remind you that we provided Mr. Infantino with written support on May 25 of this year, but after carefully considering the events that have seriously damaged the reputation of both FIFA and its President in the past period, this is the only logical and rational move” Serbia’s FA wrote while Sweden’s FA stated,
“At an extraordinary board meeting on Monday, we made the decision that we no longer have confidence in Gianni Infantino’s leadership. This is based on our assessment of developments within FIFA over a longer period of time. We see recurring shortcomings in terms of governance, transparency and management.”
