Overview
- On Monday, UEFA, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation published a joint letter saying they have lost political trust in FIFA and President Gianni Infantino over how the FIFA Forward Enterprise was handled.
- FIFA withdrew the Forward Enterprise plan after internal backlash; the proposal described a commercial vehicle valuing World Cup rights at about USD 20 billion and envisaged selling roughly a 20–21% stake for about USD 4.2 billion to private investors.
- The three confederations demanded an independent third‑party review, criticised that the internal review was not fully independent and complained that only one elected official attended a recent FIFA leadership meeting in Morocco.
- Infantino still has major backers, notably the Confederation of African Football and CONMEBOL, and received a public endorsement from U.S. President Donald Trump on Truth Social warning FIFA it would make a "terrible error" to replace him.
- The dispute has turned the March 18, 2027 FIFA Congress in Rabat into a potential power fight with possible tactics under discussion such as alternative competitions or boycotts and with broader risks to FIFA’s governance and reputation.