The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it unanimously reconfirms its support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a public dispute over FIFA’s commercial strategy. Multiple reports say the decision comes after Infantino faced criticism related to a failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to a private equity investor. CAF indicates the endorsement is reaffirmed after a CAF executive committee meeting where officials addressed FIFA’s “Joint Update” issued by Infantino and FIFA Secretary General on the “FIFA Forward Enterprise.” In that update, FIFA sets out its plans and approach for moving forward on commercial and competition-related rights. According to the reports, CAF’s executive committee states that it will continue focusing on developing African football while also adhering to governance and transparency “global best practices.” The coverage characterizes the CAF move as aligning with FIFA’s position during Infantino’s crisis period, but it presents CAF’s actions primarily as a governance and policy continuation rather than a change in CAF’s stance.
CAF unanimously endorses FIFA President Gianni Infantino after governance dispute
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it unanimously reconfirms its support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a public dispute over FIFA’s commercial strategy. Multiple reports...
- CAF says its executive committee unanimously reconfirms support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
- The decision follows FIFA’s “Joint Update” by Infantino and FIFA Secretary General on the “FIFA Forward Enterprise.”
- CAF’s statement links its approach to governance and transparency global best practices.
- Reports say the reassessment occurs amid controversy over a planned sale of World Cup-related stakes to a private equity investor that did not proceed as expected.
- CAF says it will continue focusing on improving African football and its global competitiveness.
August 6 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has, not surprisingly, come down unequivocably in favour of supporting FIFA president Gianni Infantino in his self-inflicted crisis moment, created by his voracious desire to sell off FIFA’s commercial and competition organising rights to a private equity investor. A statement issued following a CAF executive committee meeting held yesterday said that the committee “unanimously endorses the ‘Joint Update’ by the FIFA President and Secretary General on the FIFA Forward Enterprise and will continue to focus on making African Football amongst the best in the world and adhering to governance and transparency global best practices.” ‘Governance’ and ‘transparency’ are two words that have different interpretations in a confederation that for the most part has lost its self-determination under Patrice Motsepe’s presidency, Read more … The post CAF follows the FIFA line and gives endorsement to Infantino to continue appeared first on Inside World Football.
3 hours agoThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday "unanimously reconfirmed its support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino" after his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. The post CAF ‘unanimously’ reconfirms support for FIFA president Infantino appeared first on Vanguard News.
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