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European football governing body, UEFA insists it will press on with its attempt to remove FIFA President, Gianni Infantino despite withdrawing the threat to boycott competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recall that UEFA had threatened to boycott all competitions including the World Cup if the Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enterprise, FFE plans to sell of 21% of all FIFA competitions to private investors was not cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 55 UEFA member associations, plus Europe’s members on the FIFA Council, will on Thursday be presented with a letter which guarantees that the FFE plan will not be revived after which the official removal of the boycott will be confirmed at the Executive Committee meeting in Monaco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That will satisfy UEFA’s demands and mean that the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup can go ahead next week in Poland with six European teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, UEFA still wants Infantino out and is confident that a unity candidate can be found to stand against the FIFA President when he is up for re-election in March, 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vote is likely to be close, with the backing of 106 of the 211 FIFA member associations needed to be elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, UEFA has abandoned the idea of trying to force a vote of no confidence.
It would require three quarters of the member associations, that is 159 votes, to pass the motion, which is considered unrealistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No candidate has been identified yet, although CONCACAF President, Victor Montagliani is considered a serious option.
Nominations must be submitted by November 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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