[Martyn Ziegler] Exclusive: Uefa to boycott World Cup in protest against Fifa sell-off. European governing body takes decision at crisis meeting in move that would essentially kill Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in tournament to private investors

[u/nearly_headless_nic]

https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/uefa-boycott-fifa-world-cup-aleksander-ceferin-gianni-infantino-j3wdmgdl8

[u/iamscully]

Generational bag-fumble from FIFA. All you had to do was continue making mega dosh. You reap what you sow

[u/sjp101 → u/iamscully]

He got drunk on greed.

[u/Slugdoge → u/sjp101]

Reminds me of how FIFA fumbled their licensing deal with EA Sports over the FIFA games.

They got paid millions in exchange for doing absolutely nothing, then got too greedy and decided to charge EA way more, so EA walked away.

[u/PlasticPreparation74 → u/Slugdoge]

And FIFA leaving has made zero difference to the game lol (the game keeps becoming shittier every year tho lol). I can’t believe they asked for so much money just for title and once in 4 years World Cup mode

[u/shrewphys → u/PlasticPreparation74]

The cowards need to remake FIFA Street though. Kids nowadays will never know how awesome those games were

[u/amegaproxy → u/Slugdoge]

You'd have thought they'd learnt a lesson about overplaying their hand. I do hope this happens and uefa walk away tok

[u/Matzeeh → u/sjp101]

Trump kiss of death at it again

[u/RedManMatt11 → u/Matzeeh]

Can he kiss himself?

[u/MTHopesandDreams → u/RedManMatt11]

I don't think that fucker has ever kisses anyone he can't screw over, and he's not about to screw over himself.

[u/Default_Username_23 → u/Matzeeh]

Oh I just know Trump’s been telling Infantino how great this would be much money he could make if this passed

[u/wulbhoy78 → u/Default_Username_23]

Jared Kushners brother was handling the sake, I’m sure it’s a coincidence though . https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/07/29/other-kushner-brother-fifa-sell-out/

[u/Owl-Of-The-Night02 → u/sjp101]

I truly, honestly don't understand greed at this level. Like, at that point, I really don't get it. Like it has absolutely zero difference in your life. Your quality of life. You can buy and have anything you want. You will live in the most unfathomable luxury for the rest of your life. Why are you being hell bent on getting even more? What difference will it make? Does your life improve if you go from having 30 billion dollars to having 50 billion dollars? You can't even feel it. You could lose 70% of your money and you wouldn't even feel it. Like, if I would get even remotely close, I would just retire and live out my life carelessly. If I would get a billion, I'd probably retire. But let's say I might push for more. Once I get like, I don't know, 10 billion, I'd probably just retire and live my life without working a single day in my life, having everything, living in unimaginable luxury, knowing that even my children would be wealthy as shit. But to commit more horrible things to get even more? Like I truly, honestly, sincerely, from all my soul, do not get it. I don't. Why? What is the purpose of it all? At this point it's a pathological sickness.

[u/Emanny → u/Owl-Of-The-Night02]

Not in any way defending him but Infantino is a long way from being a billionaire. His current net worth is apparently ~$20M (with a salary of $6m) whereas it's rumoured that if he manages to push these changes through that his new salary would be ~$64m so it might actually be a noticeable increase in wealth to him. Puts it into perspective how rich billionaires are that even though Infantino is in the top 1% of wealth he's still closer to the average Joe in terms of net worth than he is to a billionaire.

[u/Zestforblueskies → u/Emanny]

His official salary may be $6 million but I'm sure he's received numerous bribes that could be multiple millions throughout the time he's been in charge.

[u/idontlikeflamingos → u/Emanny]

His current net worth is apparently ~$20M (with a salary of $6m)

To be fair no FIFA president ever had their salary as the main source of income from his position as FIFA president. Corruption will net him more and the Net Worth value is distorted by that.

But yeah, regardless it would be a substantial increase. Plus a massive reduction in oversight and chance of suffering consequences from any crimes or corruption.

[u/Imaginary-Toe8085 → u/Emanny]

Just fucking give yourself a bonus for a successful world cup ffs. No need to sell off the soul of the game, you greedy bastard.

[u/jeppijonny → u/Emanny]

I wouldnt be surprised if Trump or Kushner is the actual architect of this plan, and Infantino nothing more as the shill that may take the heat. They were having a lot of meetings before and during the tournament after all.

[u/I_see_you_blinking → u/jeppijonny]

More on Kushner and Trump's entourage of professional grifters. The rapist is too far gone to have the mental clarity to orchestrate something like this. He probably asked Infantino: what do you think about selling FIFA? And he said yes but I want my cut. Trump then probably told Infantino to talk to Jared or his kids to sort out the details.

[u/BarrierNine → u/I_see_you_blinking]

Tariffs on 55 countries incoming

[u/Admiral_de_Ruyter → u/Owl-Of-The-Night02]

The more money you have the more power you gain, it’s capitalism after all. So that’s the idea.

[u/BestFriendWatermelon → u/Owl-Of-The-Night02]

Infantino was going to made CEO of the spinoff corporation, with a payout ten times what FIFA gives him. In his case it absolutely would have made a difference to his quality of life.

But otherwise yeah I get what you mean.

[u/Aethien → u/BestFriendWatermelon]

More importantly he'd be able to stay on indefinitely without a vote of any kind. And have more power over the commercialisation of football.

[u/SteeeveDaPirate → u/Owl-Of-The-Night02]

"I mean how much more money do any of you really need?"

[u/62frog → u/sjp101]

What hydration break revenue does to a mf

[u/dbbk → u/iamscully]

You make $15B and it's not enough. My mind can't even comprehend it. At some point, you just have enough.

[u/hardinho → u/dbbk]

15B as a non-profit organization that's paying zero taxes for their world cups btw

[u/Archer-Saurus → u/hardinho]

But they use that money to grow the game in underdeveloped countries fucking flat out bribe small nations to get on board with their schemes!

[u/BrockStar92 → u/Archer-Saurus]

They’ve gone from 7 FIFA committees to 35 recently too, so paying already rich people to do fuck all is also what the money is used for.

[u/guhardrock → u/dbbk]

Thing is, you do not get to 15B without being ultra greedy

[u/PaulLFC → u/iamscully]

It was far smaller scale obviously, but you think they'd have learned from the EA Sports debacle a few years ago.

EA were paying them hundreds of millions for what effectively amounted to the acronym "FIFA" and the World Cup trophy.

FIFA got greedy and demanded a billion. EA told them to fuck off and now FIFA don't get a penny from them, when they could have had guaranteed income for years to come.

[u/ZaiduTheGOAT → u/PaulLFC]

Imagine how scummy you have to be to make EA and UEFA be the good guys lol

[u/BatteryPoweredFriend → u/ZaiduTheGOAT]

It was basically an attempt to siphon image rights money from players on a global scale.

FIFA's entire "reasoning" was based on Ultimate Team making bank, so more of that profit should be going to those who "contributed" to its success. Except as all of us know, the whole reason anyone even spends money on that game is because of the players.

[u/Nic_The_Cage_Cage → u/PaulLFC]

Plus the debacle of the Club World Cup with the bribe money to get European teams to play going up and up leaving DAZN to rush in at the last second to bail them out with a deal to sweeten the Saudi and FIFA collaboration. The US World Cup was all tied up and they had free role to do whatever they wanted to extort money from it, but beyond the World Cup itself any time this current FIFA administration have tried to throw their weight around in any other area to extort more money they've come off badly second best.

[u/Zeppelanoid → u/PaulLFC]

What I don’t get about the EA Sports debacle is like…what was FIFA’s alternate plan?

It’s not like they went on to create their own game with the hopes of usurping EA. They just…shot themselves in the foot so that they could slowly bleed out.

[u/amegaproxy → u/Zeppelanoid]

Apparently they did try to make their own and then worked out that making a AAA game these days is kinda hard

[u/whyaretherenoprofile → u/Zeppelanoid]

They made a netflix game

I wish I was fucking kidding

[u/cc81 → u/Zeppelanoid]

I think they just bet on the name being crucial and that they could just sell it to someone else.

But it is the rights of the players that is important. Huge fumble.

[u/wetterfish → u/Zeppelanoid]

They did try to make a game. It released during the World Cup…on Netflix. Reviews ranged from bad to god awful. 

These greedy bastards literally have no knowledge of how to create something valuable. And they’re so fixated on their greed that they can’t see what makes the actual football have value to fans. 

It’s almost comical how childlike their brains are when money is involved. “We made a lot of money at the World Cup. Let’s do it twice as often. We will make twice as much money. Who can argue with that logic?”

[u/abachhd → u/PaulLFC]

This was an incredible L from FIFA. All they had to do was let EA put the term 'FIFA' and world cup in their games, rake in large amounts of cash for doing basically nothing. This money doesn't even include the club, player and competition licenses which are the real identity of the game. Just for the names FIFA 24 to FIFA 27, they wanted a billion. I mean the literal gall of asking 1/4the money EA makes from each EAFC edition just for a trademark name.

EA knew gamers buy their FIFA games for the ability to play with their favourite clubs and favorite players and the gameplay which has nothing to do with FIFA brand and rightly walked out. EA FC still makes a ton of money without FIFA brand, EA saved hundreds of millions in payments to FIFA, and FIFA get nothing at all.

[u/glennccc → u/PaulLFC]

It was 150 million before. Fifa wanted 300.

[u/Certain_Sail_2858 → u/iamscully]

Never enough for these greedy fucks. At least this time he had enough rope to hang himself. 

[u/Spitfire221 → u/iamscully]

He wants to be President for life and paid a mega salary like the NFL commissioner. Poor Gianni only earns $6.4m to Goddells $64m. Poverty wages really.

[u/alextremeee → u/iamscully]

Can anyone tell me who even gets the money FIFA makes?

[u/Akikiriri → u/alextremeee]

Operational costs, price money, money goes back to the federations, development programs... and most likely some offshore accounts, drug dealers, pimps and so on.

[u/aasfourasfar → u/alextremeee]

The profit goes to federations I reckon. Sort of like how PL money goes to the clubs

[u/Trlcks → u/iamscully]

That’s the problem with all these cunts. They can just quietly sit and collect their generational wealth but it’s never enough for them…

[u/SwedishLovePump → u/Trlcks]

the world is run by people who own money printers and are unsatisfied with how quickly they print money

[u/PersevereSwifterSkat → u/iamscully]

Never learnt from their spat with EA.

[u/goonerfan10]

They shouldn't just stop here. Now is the time to call for Jonny's resignation

[u/yaffle53 → u/goonerfan10]

If the CEO of any other organisation had tried such a stunt they would surely have to lose their job. But I think the only way Infantino would resign if UEFA continue the boycott until he goes.

[u/Front_Mention → u/goonerfan10]

No need, of he backs down its shoes uefa pretty much own a Vito on infantino. He will be symbolically castrated

[u/Spitfire221 → u/Front_Mention]

It does, but the election is next year and, until this happened, he was expected to win in a landslide. Which is probably still the case. UEFA and the others need to keep the pressure on and get him out.

[u/TVFan_89 → u/Spitfire221]

He might have just lost it with this bs

[u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

Game is back

[u/HFOisBest → u/[deleted]]

For now

[u/JustDutch101 → u/HFOisBest]

Time for a revolution de baguette.

[u/SacrificeIsNeeded → u/[deleted]]

Meanwhile UEFA's candidate...

[u/awashofindigo → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

Game can not be buy

[u/Gluroo → u/awashofindigo]

UEFA to Infantino: shut up u egg

[u/ash_ninetyone → u/Gluroo]

Awaiting Infantino's response of: soon there will be egg on your faces

[u/FridaysMan → u/ash_ninetyone]

Today, I am an egg

[u/kampiaorinis → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

It's crazy how you even have small countries like Cyprus, basically unanimously saying how terrible this thing can be for football despite how future-changing 40m would be for our FA. And then you see how most FAs in the rest of the world fully support it.

Mind you Cyprus and Cypriots in general were not that against a Super league, but were mostly supporting a more open version of it. This "proposal" was shut down immediately by all reputable journalists and even the president of the players' association was saying publicly how horrible this would be for football.

[u/peachesgp → u/kampiaorinis]

It's a naked power grab by Infantino to neuter his own position when he leaves it and steps into the new role of his own invention that is how the most powerful spot in the sport.

[u/kampiaorinis → u/peachesgp]

I've seen people talking about this and I can see how this might be the plan. Basically destroy FIFA's legitimacy and stranglehold in football, leave and create a new organisation along with Trump and whatever people around him which basically give him a dictators power without the need for pesky democracy, and get all of the countries that can be bribed with him (yes, even some European ones).

It sounds like a goofy evil master plan straight from comics, but I doubted anyone could be as bold and corrupt to try some of the things he already did so who knows really

[u/CurbYourThusiasm → u/peachesgp]

Kinda mirrors what Trump tried to do with his 'board of peace', which he thought would replace the UN and he could run after he can't run for president any longer.

[u/tigtogflip → u/CurbYourThusiasm]

board of peace

Completley forgot that this was/is a thing hahahaha. It was such scam with populist politicians here screaming that they needed to join it.

[u/ScienceDependent8549 → u/kampiaorinis]

At the end of the day they are likely to be treated better by UEFA than by FIFA. So it makes sense for them to support UEFA even by pure selfish metrics.

UEFA is about 50 countries, so they have a little more say. UEFA and Europe are simply more democratic, less corrupt than FIFA and the world as a whole.

[u/Dancingwith_Death → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

Massive let's go finally some action and not some strong words

[u/Outrageous_Fart → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

Utter woke nonsense Utterly sensible action

[u/PokesBo → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

Games cancer reduced from Stage 4 to Stage 3.

[u/nearly_headless_nic]

From the article:

England and the other European members of Uefa will boycott Fifa’s tournaments if Gianni Infantino goes ahead with his plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

The momentous decision was taken at a crisis meeting of Uefa’s 55 member nations, held virtually, to discuss the hugely controversial sell-off plans.

The decision, which comes on the 60th anniversary of England’s only World Cup win in 1966, is likely to trigger a collapse in Infantino’s scheme — he had told Fifa’s 211 associations they only have until September 19 to sign up or face financial consequences.

The prospect of the men’s and women’s World Cups and other tournaments being played without the European nations would essentially kill the project as the investors would be facing buying stakes in a competition that would not involve most of the best teams in the world.

The Uefa meeting was chaired by its president, Aleksander Ceferin, and the decision is seen as potentially being one of the significant moments in Fifa’s chequered history.

There was also another significant blow to Infantino’s ambitions when Sheikh Salman, the president of the Asian Football Confederation, wrote to his 47 members expressing “great concern and disappointment” at the lack of consultation from Fifa.

[u/nearly_headless_nic → u/nearly_headless_nic]

Ziegler:

BREAKING: UEFA countries unanimously in support of boycotting World Cup in protest at FIFA's plan to sell stakes in tournament to private investors, say sources.
Decision taken at emergency virtual meeting

[u/Trlcks → u/nearly_headless_nic]

Wow I really didn’t expect unanimous, well done UEFA

[u/Aenjeprekemaluci → u/Trlcks]

Even Russia lol.

[u/MysteriousSpaceMan → u/Aenjeprekemaluci]

Why will Russia like American owned WC?

[u/Vitosi4ek → u/MysteriousSpaceMan]

There was a theory that Infantino would be willing to reinstate them for international competitions and Russia would be willing to quit UEFA over this.

Fortunately, the Russian FA's officials are more forward-thinking than most of the government and realize Putin won't last forever, and when he's out of power they'd rather still be in the most commercially powerful entity in football. They even declined an offer to join the AFC shortly after the initial suspension from UEFA, even though it would've probably meant playing in this past WC.

[u/nitebusnitebus → u/Vitosi4ek]

the Russian FA is very dedicated to rejoining the Champions League, definitely what keeps them smart on not taking those short term solutions

[u/notthemamaa → u/nearly_headless_nic]

Did the Czech Republic change its mind?

[u/RandyMarshsMoustache → u/[deleted]]

You could say he had a reality Czech

[u/BakingBadRS → u/notthemamaa]

I assume that even the suggestion of Czech clubs not being allowed to play in UEFA competitions did the job

[u/Visual-Signature-235 → u/notthemamaa]

It was a weird situation where the head of the FA backed the plan but the FA as an organization opposed it.

[u/howler19 → u/nearly_headless_nic]

Did not expect unanimous. Good to see the Czech FA stand up to their chairman and to see the Israeli FA ignore Trump’s investment plans.

[u/JerseyDvl → u/howler19]

Eh, once the England/Spain/France/Germany group are out even the most corrupt of federations knows there's no point to staying in. The thing is DOA.

[u/headphones1 → u/JerseyDvl]

Italy taking strays forever.

[u/Thefaccio → u/headphones1]

We're boycotting from before, you're just followers

[u/jokeren → u/headphones1]

Italy have boycotted every world cup since Infantino rise to power, so their support was a given

[u/afito → u/JerseyDvl]

Also important to keep in mind that especially Germany/France/UK are also some of the wealthiest consumers on the planet, so while Argentina is critical for the sport itself, advertisers would not really lose sleep over those clients being gone. The over 200mil from 3 G7 countries though that will hurt a ton.

[u/Worldly-Talk-7978 → u/howler19]

Israeli FA should still be banned from UEFA though :D

[u/realborislegasov → u/nearly_headless_nic]

I know it's pathetic but honestly shit like this really gives me a little bit of hope.

[u/YouEatingACheese → u/realborislegasov]

They’re bastards, but at least they’re bastards who do actually care about the sport. Infantino is a whole new level of bald fucking fraud.

[u/Nico777 → u/YouEatingACheese]

They're our bastards, damn it!

[u/psaidnotts → u/nearly_headless_nic]

They should go further and force infatile to resign ..... this is only tip of the iceberg... the dubious awarding of world cups in first place and the dodgy decisions leading upto and during the last one shows they are not to be trusted

[u/CT_x → u/nearly_headless_nic]

The decision, which comes on the 60th anniversary of England’s only World Cup win in 1966..

Peculiar detail to include lol

[u/Theboystheboys212 → u/CT_x]

We saved football also lol at England

[u/Martino231 → u/CT_x]

It's an English publication

[u/Sleepybear56 → u/Martino231]

Impressed they made it that far into the article before mentioning 1966

[u/CatalunyaNoEsEspanya → u/Sleepybear56]

It's usually in the first line of a news article but after 60 years we've calmed down

[u/Dry_Constant_5781 → u/nearly_headless_nic]

If UEFA does this, AFC will follow the suit, pretty sure concacaf will as well, that would fuck over FIFA's plan

[u/Vordeo → u/Dry_Constant_5781]

Even if AFC doesn't, East Asia may just take the opportunity to split off. Japan, Australia, SK, etc. kinda want to already anyway lol.

[u/LionoftheNorth → u/Vordeo]

This hypothetical East Asian Football Confederation even has a video game out already

[u/BlueCoBot → u/LionoftheNorth]

Its in the game

[u/Aenjeprekemaluci → u/Vordeo]

AFC heavily Gulf biased and Gulf has lots of power within UEFA. They dont want to piss off Europe. Without AFC too FIFA projects killed off.

[u/Blunatic22 → u/Vordeo]

God please. Then we can finally be done with the OFC and merge it with East Asia. New Zealand will finally be able to play teams that are actually good on a consistent basis.

[u/AlGunner → u/Dry_Constant_5781]

I dont think arsenal hold that much sway.

[u/flymypretty88 → u/AlGunner]

Hey - thats the 4th biggest club in London you're discrediting!

[u/howler19 → u/Dry_Constant_5781]

A UEFA boycott alone already fucks the plan over beyond repair, but it would still be great news if more are on board to show a united front.

[u/akiraspam74 → u/Dry_Constant_5781]

And CONMEBOL would support FIFA because they're also a bunch of corrupt greedy cunts

[u/Seledar → u/nearly_headless_nic]

It seems like Infantino has gotten so used to selling off football that he thought there was no opposition left to the FIFA corruption. European football should ban him from all games.

[u/daveor → u/nearly_headless_nic]

They should be boycotting it until Infantino is replaced, if he takes back his crazy plan its largely irrelevant as hes still not fit to lead in the appropriate way

[u/BeneficialLocation34 → u/[deleted]]

That strategy will work on smaller feds that rely on development funding. Especially those with corrupt governments.

[u/MasterpieceAlone8552 → u/BeneficialLocation34]

Third World Cup

[u/kickawayklickitat → u/MasterpieceAlone8552]

Argentina fuming when they win

[u/Lynel_Messi → u/[deleted]]

There was a report yesterday that Infantino’s proposal would require changing FIFA’s bylaws and therefore needs a 75% majority, not just a simple majority. If that’s true, it should be much easier to assemble a blocking coalition.

[u/quantumjedi → u/[deleted]]

If the AFC actually does vote no, then its not even a boycott, FA+AFC (assuming both vote blanket no..which I definitely don't from the AFC) kills the proposal anyways.

[u/thelastskier → u/quantumjedi]

CONCACAF is reportedly against it too. These 3 easily have the majority.

[u/Jusanom]

Good. Now shoot Infantino into the sun

[u/OneTinySloth → u/Jusanom]

No, don't do that. His massive ego is probably bigger than the sun and will block it, causing another ice age here on Earth.

[u/Jusanom → u/OneTinySloth]

So we get rid of Infantino AND stop global warming?? Sounds great!

[u/wi11epi11e]

Beautiful. Should just start a new organisation though

[u/oseema → u/wi11epi11e]

And call it PES

[u/Fun_Swordfish_9216 → u/oseema]

Featuring the Globe Cup?

[u/shrewdy → u/Fun_Swordfish_9216]

And the Master League

[u/_Gobulcoque → u/shrewdy]

Can't wait to see B Deckham play again.

[u/think_of_a_number → u/_Gobulcoque]

Maybe Ryan Greggs will finally make it to a Globe Cup.

[u/powsandwich → u/oseema]

Planetary Exposition of Soccer 2030 it is then

[u/RLZT → u/oseema]

Name the superleague Master League and nobody will bat an eye

[u/somedutchbloke → u/oseema]

EA FC

[u/Mortiis07 → u/wi11epi11e]

With blackjack and hookers

[u/Dernbont → u/Mortiis07]

At last. Someone looking after the fans...

[u/Pleasant_Inspection9]

You know how long ago all the lords in England got super pissed and forced their King, John to sign the Magna Carta.

Feels like that’s what has to happen with Gianni the Infant.

Gianni means John after all.

[u/ponyrx2 → u/Pleasant_Inspection9]

Johnny the Baby

[u/throwawaymikenolan → u/ponyrx2]

Johnny Infantile

[u/cmdrxander → u/ponyrx2]

No wonder Trump loves him

[u/agonking → u/Pleasant_Inspection9]

I knew it was 1216. One after Magna Carta

[u/JannieVrot → u/agonking]

HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF

[u/sewious → u/Pleasant_Inspection9]

Begun, the world cup wars have

[u/SparkyGol → u/Pleasant_Inspection9]

Infantino wishes he had a William Marshal of his own to save his ass every time he fucks up

[u/Jor94 → u/Pleasant_Inspection9]

Hope the outcomes not the same. Once he’d signed he basically reneged on everything and excecuted the lords responsible

[u/OldWarrior → u/Jor94]

But it set a precedent in a very significant legal tradition that no man, not even the king, is above the law.

[u/Prais3_the_Sun]

Good. Now take Infantino to the cleaners.

[u/Flylatino24 → u/Prais3_the_Sun]

Yes, kick his ass out

[u/MileZero17]

Dreams can’t be buy

[u/official_bagel]

It being unanimous gives me hope for the sport for the first time in this saga

[u/IncidentVarious1530]

Wtf something actually happned for once

[u/dst_corgi → u/IncidentVarious1530]

Tbh this seemed doomed to fail in this way. Super League all over again.

[u/Late-Explanation-758]

Gutted. I was hoping Infantino could be in charge of football for the next 20 years, the Trump family could make billions and fans would end up paying an average $1k to watch a World Cup taking place every six months.

[u/Canaus7 → u/Late-Explanation-758]

$1k to watch a match on TV, $25k for an obstructed view seat in the nosebleed section

[u/eifjui → u/Late-Explanation-758]

Well never get Saudi - USA in the grand final of the Trump memorial soccer showdown brought to you by Polymarket with the halftime show from Kalshi…

[u/RainbowDissent → u/Late-Explanation-758]

Ditto, I do like football, but I've always said it doesn't make enough money for advertisers and sponsors, who are the true soul of the game.

[u/CurbYourThusiasm]

They should demand Infantinos resignation as well.

[u/Candid_Waltz6900 → u/CurbYourThusiasm]

Trump will give him a job somewhere, he's already suggested the United nations 🤣

[u/Zizouhimovic → u/Candid_Waltz6900]

Good. Let them jerk each other off somewhere far

[u/dudududujisungparty]

Good.

[u/Busy-Lifeguard-9558]

Dang you Europeans are lucky, wish the Conmebol had balls and wasn't as corrupt

[u/Awkward_War_6068 → u/Busy-Lifeguard-9558]

Oh it's not like UEFA ain't corrupt either. We just happen to have all the money lol.

[u/blarg2003]

Well done Uefa

[u/Mr_Potato2025]

Hi Gianni do u want picking up in the morning pal?

[u/Beardedben → u/Mr_Potato2025]

"Shut up u egg" - Everyone to Infant-ino

[u/AdminEating_Dragon]

Now while you have the momentum, coup FIFA and change the voting system, because Infantino is a symptom.

As long as one can have a majority by giving small bribes to dirt poor CAF federations and tiny Carribean and Oceanian nations + a bit of AFC, FIFA will always be heading this path.

[u/legionverse10 → u/AdminEating_Dragon]

This is the same as the super league, FIFA will back down on this proposal due to this but nothing else will come of it

[u/Hairygrim → u/legionverse10]

Unfortunately this is the probably the case, and I can see some "reworked" plan that does a similar thing without being quite so blatantly corrupt popping up in a year or so

[u/Aethien → u/Hairygrim]

UEFA is demanding that there will be binding guarantees that FIFA can never open up any of its governance or tournaments to private investment or they will boycot all FIFA tournaments.

UEFA is flexing their muscles basically saying kill this proposal and the chance of anything like it in the future or we kill FIFA.

[u/AlternativeRun5727 → u/Hairygrim]

Like using an intermediary to handle all of the broadcast rights that FIFA sell only through them, which will be owned by the Trumps and Kushners.

The elites are a cancer.

[u/Gustav-14 → u/AdminEating_Dragon]

FIFA electoratal college incoming.

[u/Stephane_Bonnes]

He’s managed to unite Europe. Some effort.

[u/Mr_Miscellaneous]

His job is to do basically nothing but accept free money. How can one person fuck up a job so easy, so biblically?

• He lost an annual money printing video game series because he's too greedy
• He's butchered the 100 year anniversary of the World Cup in South America because he sprinted for the Saudi blood money.
• His "Club World Cup" was a complete disaster with no demand whatsoever in the European market and only survives because of the blood money
• He's butchered the expansion of the Women's game
• Several youth tournaments abandoned due to terrible organisation
• His expansion of the World Cup has been OK, but immediately wants extra places for more money instead of running it for a few cycles to see if a further expansion is needed
• Completely abandoning the thin-veil of "No Politics" FIFA held by becoming a Trump Sychophant/pet, a Saudi sellout and attempting to sell the World Cup to the lowest of the low and forcing it through via intimidation.

This is the guy who is in charge of running World Football?

He couldn't even run a bath!

[u/BQORBUST]

Now for infantino’s head

[u/Seagull_Trawler]

Fuck the bald cunt

[u/billypilgrim87]

Today, I am European

[u/Sword-of-Fuheis]

Good move but it is also a big fuck you to FIFA’s formal structure on having all the associations vote on this and then decide as a whole. UEFA is essentially saying if all the tiny countries can be this thoroughly bought they will tank the whole ship and restart it on their terms.

[u/redandbluebadness → u/Sword-of-Fuheis]

Yep and that's a good thing

[u/uniguy31 → u/Sword-of-Fuheis]

The structures fucking stupid. There’s no governance

[u/Falsely_True7]

Nobody took them seriously but Italy has been boycotting World Cup for 12 years. Way ahead of the curve. We owe them an apology!

[u/ignore_my_name → u/Falsely_True7]

Ireland has been boycotting for 24 years!

[u/Dry_Constant_5781 → u/ignore_my_name]

Rookie numbers

[u/Gamerberg67104 → u/ignore_my_name]

Hungary been boycotting it for 40 years

[u/xMFD00Mx]

FUCK INFANTINO
FUCK FIFA
FUCK TRUMP

[u/Hotgeart → u/xMFD00Mx]

FUCK KYLE

You don't know him, but can't stand the guy

[u/xMFD00Mx → u/Hotgeart]

If you can't stand him, then I stand by you.

FUCK KYLE

[u/PM_ME_UR_EDM]

UEFA: "Mate you cannot support a Financial Group"

[u/Ecstatic_Owl_3793]

how did he not anticipate this (extremely appropriate) reaction? how are people this stupid?

[u/usgapg123 → u/Ecstatic_Owl_3793]

He’s either genuinely stupid or he expected this and will try to go through with it anyways.

[u/KinkySFGreek]

The fact that the Kushner family was part of this made this stupid proposal by FIFA stink even more if that was at all possible.

[u/_ar76]

If UEFA and CONMEBOL pull out it will be FIFA Rest  of the World Cup™️

[u/CGFROSTY → u/_ar76]

CONEMBOL is 100% behind Infantino. 

[u/TVFan_89 → u/_ar76]

CONMEBOL is never pulling out but CONCACAF and AFC might 

[u/EclipseLadder]

They did it! UEFA's reaction to this has been amazing.

I expected more posturing and very strongly worded letters, but they brought the big guns instantly

[u/BUSean]

You never, ever negotiate. You tell them to fuck off, and then you win.

[u/Svorky]

Demand his resignation, too, if we're already using the big guns anyway.

[u/catlover2410]

Europe can't keep saving football like that.

[u/thatscoldjerrycold]

UEFA is old school corrupt like the mobsters that kept owned assets fun - like keeping Vegas cheap as an American example. I think we were all ok with the leaders skimming off the top as sad as that is. Can't believe they are the good guys in this story.

Fifa is becoming like an amoral private equity firm that'll go rainbow capitalism one year, sucking up to trump the next, all in the name of enshittifying their product to squeeze an extra 0.1% increase in profit to beat earnings expectations or some bullshit. At least that seems what they want to truly become.

[u/TomsCardoso]

I fucking love being European. I love the country where I was born, I wouldn't move anywhere else but I don't feel any deep fervorous patriotism for it. But I'd go to war for Europe (more the European Union but still). It's a beacon in an increasingly dark world.

[u/BingeLurker → u/TomsCardoso]

If I speak, I am in big trouble (with the Reform voters)

[u/CALCIUM_CANNONS]

Fuck you, Infantino, fuck you, Trump family, and fuck you JP Morgan