Undeclared salaries, villa in Miami… Gianni Infantino in the turmoil of a financial scandal

The sky is getting darker again above Gianni Infantino. According to an investigation by the British daily The Times, FIFA has not made public all of the remuneration received by its president. In 2024, the body declared a salary of 4.274 million Swiss francs, or approximately 4.59 million euros.

But apparently an American tax declaration attributed to the company responsible for organizing the 2026 World Cup would show an additional payment of 1.76 million dollars, or nearly 1.9 million euros. Similar, or even higher, sums would also have been paid in 2025 and 2026, according to the English newspaper.

A luxury villa and operations that raise questions

The Times mentions in its investigation a villa occupied by the head of FIFA and his family in Miami, in the upscale Sunset Islands district. The property belongs to Eric Schmidt, former boss of Google, who would have acquired it for more than 24 million euros in 2023. Sources cited by the newspaper question “a possible link between undeclared remuneration and the financing of this residence, without this hypothesis alone establishing any irregularity.”

Another rather suspicious point raised. The purchase in October 2025 of a luxury apartment from singer Marc Anthony for 7.7 million euros. The latter had been appointed ambassador for the World Cup in Miami a few months earlier. Something to wonder about. The sale price, lower than that paid by the artist in 2021, fuels the various daily questions.