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US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be \u201ca terrible mistake\u201d to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup to private investors.<\/p>\n
Infantino came under renewed fire in an open letter signed by three confederations \u2014 Europe\u2019s UEFA, North and Central America\u2019s CONCACAF and Asia\u2019s AFC \u2014 accusing the world football boss of breaking trust \u201cthrough deception\u201d.<\/p>\n
But Trump backed Infantino, who awarded the US president a \u201cFIFA Peace Prize\u201d at the World Cup draw ceremony last year.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
Trump called Infantino \u201cfantastic\u201d and said he \u201cpresided over the most successful World Cup, by four times, ever presented\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he is gone, it will never be as successful or profitable again!\u201d added Trump, who attended the World Cup final with Infantino last month.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s backing of Infantino is at odds with US Soccer, who joined the voices lining up against the FIFA president.<\/p>\n
Infantino launched, and then withdrew in the face of scathing criticism, a plan to bring private investment into FIFA competitions, including World Cups.<\/p>\n
FIFA hit back on Saturday at efforts \u201cto undermine\u201d football\u2019s governing body and Infantino.<\/p>\n
However, Monday\u2019s joint letter from UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC retorted: \u201cLeadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding \u2014 or demanding \u2014 power to be held.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned.\u201d<\/p>\n
CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani is viewed as a potential challenger to Infantino, who will be up for re-election for a fourth and final term at the FIFA Congress in March, 2027. Candidates have to be declared by November 18.<\/p>\n
Infantino had looked certain to be unopposed for a fourth term after overseeing a successful World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada until his plans were revealed.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old Swiss, who has been in situ for 10 years, has received the backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) while South American governing body CONMEBOL is largely supportive.<\/p>\n
Individual member associations, not confederations, vote in the FIFA election,<\/p>\n
Infantino has received support from CONCACAF\u2019s Mexico and two AFC members \u2014 Kuwait and 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar, where he has a house.<\/p>\n
UEFA\u2019s threat to boycott World Cups if the private investment plan went ahead proved pivotal in Infantino withdrawing his sell-off plan.<\/p>\n
UEFA had called it \u201ca shabby, opaque, backroom deal\u201d and lashed out at Infantino again on Monday for a \u201cfailure of judgment\u201d.<\/p>\n
After the furore, Infantino received \u201cfull support\u201d of senior FIFA directors in an emergency meeting in Morocco last week, but the three confederations said that was meaningless.<\/p>\n
The recent meeting, where \u201ca select number of members of the FIFA Management Committee\u201d were present, they said, \u201crepresents a continuation of the very pattern of conduct that brought us to this moment\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not the conduct of a custodian of the game, but of one who believes the game is answerable to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Infantino had been basking in the afterglow of the largest ever World Cup involving 48 teams until his plans divided the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe growth over the past decade has been real. But that progress was never the work of one individual,\u201d declared the letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the product of FIFA, the Confederations, the Member Associations, and the thousands of people who dedicate their lives to the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe expanded tournaments\u2026 were shared achievements, agreed together, delivered together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under Infantino\u2019s leadership \u201cthere is silence where there should be accountability, distance where there should be openness\u201d, they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why we have taken this stance: not lightly and not alone, but together, and out of duty to the game we serve.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball\u2019s strength has always been its unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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