Infantino offers more money for FIFA member associations and confirms that he will remain as president

Fifa President Gianni Infantino has underlined his willingness to reform the world football association and offered its member associations more money. This is reported by The Athletic portal with reference to a letter from Infantino. The European football union Uefa is also expected to benefit from the payments.

In the letter to the six presidents of the FIFA continental associations, Infantino writes that he wants to "support the highest possible level of additional financing that can be implemented responsibly (...)." At the same time, he didn't want to commit to a specific amount: "I don't want to anticipate the amount."

Infantino was responding to demands from UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, Victor Montagliani (Concacaf) and Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). They had proposed that each of the 211 FIFA member associations should receive an additional $10 million for further development from 2027 to 2030 - a total of around $2.11 billion. The continental associations had also called for an independent audit of Fifa's financial reserves.

Infantino wants to remain FIFA boss

Last week, Infantino signaled openness to reforms at the world football association in a letter to the presidents of the 211 member associations. Specifically, Infantino offered to discuss how the FIFA institutions can be involved in large projects earlier and what role the president should have in this.

With his actions, Infantino wants to secure his place at the top of FIFA. In his letter last week, he emphasized several times that he wanted to remain Fifa president: "I remain fully committed to leading Fifa and am confident in what we can achieve together," he wrote.

Infantino is a highly controversial figure. Since he proposed selling the rights to the World Cup to private investors close to US President Donald Trump a few weeks ago, calls for his resignation have been increasing. Critics around UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin called for Infantino's resignation after the plans became known. The DFB around boss Bernd Neuendorf, who also sits on the Fifa Council, has also taken a clear position against Infantino. However, they have not yet been able to name an opposing candidate for the next presidential election.