Overview
- FairSquare filed a formal letter to the three members of FIFA's governance review panel asking them to declare Infantino ineligible for the 18 March 2027 presidential ballot on the basis that he is already in his third and final term.
- The challenge cites a 2022 FIFA Council decision that treated 2016–2019 as not counting toward the three‑term limit and says that ruling rests on an unpublished Governance, Audit and Compliance assessment that undermines transparency.
- Former FIFA governance chair Miguel Maduro has publicly joined FairSquare's submission, widening the protest within governance circles and signalling dissent from a past insider.
- FIFA confirmed on 17 August that Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour has left the organisation after he publicly criticised Infantino over a withdrawn plan to sell about 20 percent of World Cup commercial rights to private investors.
- No eligibility ruling has been issued and the March 18, 2027 Congress in Rabat remains scheduled with Infantino the only declared candidate, a situation that could force legal review, deepen splits among continental confederations and reshape member associations' votes.