FIFA president Gianni Infantino faces renewed internal pressure after senior figures within the organization publicly criticize his previously proposed plan to sell part of the World Cup. France 24 and other outlets report that FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafström and chief of global football development Arsène Wenger oppose the approach, following Infantino’s decision to scrap the project. France 24 says the criticism comes after Infantino’s plan was withdrawn and notes that his position could be challenged ahead of FIFA elections next March, where he was previously expected to run unopposed for a fourth term. Free Malaysia Today reports Wenger states that withdrawing the controversial proposal is “absolutely necessary and beyond question.” Japan Today and the Vancouver Sun also describe the situation as intensified pressure, with opposition emerging both from within FIFA and from external critics, though the reporting focuses on the same abandoned stake-sale plan. Across the coverage, the central points are that Infantino’s stake-selling proposal is no longer proceeding and that key FIFA officials publicly distance themselves from it, raising the prospect of wider political contestation inside FIFA.