FIFA President Infantino is resilient in his bid for a fourth term... Opponents give up running

CONCACAF President Montagliani and UEFA President Ceferin choose to be re-elected

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = The re-election bid of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who was on the verge of being kicked out after his plan to sell FIFA World Cup shares to private investors was blocked by strong opposition from the soccer world, has been turned on.

British daily newspaper The Guardian reported on the 9th (Korean time), "Victo Montagliani, president of the Confederation of North, Central, American and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF), conveyed to employees his intention to run for re-election. With this decision, the possibility of President Montaliani running in the next FIFA presidential election has disappeared."

The media added, “Chairman Montagliani, a former Canadian businessman, is known to have conveyed this information to most of the 41 member countries in North, Central America and the Caribbean.”

President Montagliani has been considered a strong candidate to become the next FIFA president against Infantino.

In particular, President Montagliani received great support from member countries of the European Football Association (UEFA), who knew that it would be difficult for a European candidate to defeat President Infantino in the next FIFA presidential election.

However, it is reported that President Montagliani expressed his desire to continue as president of the federation at a town hall meeting with CONCACAF staff last month.

As the CONCACAF presidential election is held ahead of the FIFA presidential election scheduled for March next year, President Montagliani is understood to have clearly communicated his position to employees.

Meanwhile, UEFA is also holding a presidential election next year, and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin recently announced his intention to run for re-election, so the people who were considered as opponents to FIFA President Infantino naturally disappeared.

With candidate registration for the election of FIFA's next president closing on November 18, President Infantino has the possibility of being re-elected without a primary as his strong competitors are no longer running.

ESPN reported on this, "Ramon Vega, a former Swiss national team defender, has expressed his intention to challenge President Infantino, but he will not be eligible to run as a candidate as he has not been active in the soccer world for at least two of the past five years."