Africa backs Infantino as CAF unanimously votes in FIFA president’s favour
Earlier this week, five of Africa’s most influential football leaders issued statements in support of Infantino, while also welcoming the decision to drop his controversial plan to sell a stake in future World Cup revenue.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe welcomed FIFA’s pledge to review the processes that led to the controversy which caused the fiercest revolt of Infantino’s tenure as national federations complained they had been sidelined over the abandoned proposal to sell a slice of the World Cup’s commercial future.
CAF’s support will provide some relief to Infantino, who has faced near-global condemnation for his aborted plan to establish the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) and sell commercial rights to the World Cup.
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