‘The emperor is naked’: UEFA’s Ceferin takes aim at FIFA boss Infantino
Summary
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin criticized FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell part of FIFA’s commercial rights to private investors. Ceferin said that the proposal, called FIFA Forward Enterprise, was misleadingly defended as benefiting football development but was opposed and eventually dropped after backlash.Key Facts
- Aleksander Ceferin is the current president of UEFA, the European football governing body.
- Gianni Infantino is the president of FIFA, the global football organization.
- Infantino proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise to sell up to 20% of FIFA’s commercial rights to private investors.
- The plan included rights to events like the men’s and women’s World Cups and the Club World Cup.
- Infantino claimed the plan would help develop football and involved consultation with FIFA’s 211 member associations.
- Ceferin said the consultation was not genuine and accused FIFA of secrecy and ignoring proper democratic processes.
- He compared the situation to the story "The Emperor’s New Clothes," saying that the proposal was obvious to be flawed but defended with misleading words.
- Ceferin called for football leaders and fans to say “enough” to such decisions that treat football’s future as a bargaining chip.
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