Wales withdraws support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino

sportsAug 3, 202658405

The Football Association of Wales has become the first nation to publicly withdraw its support for Gianni Infantino’s bid to be re-elected FIFA president for the 2027-2031 term. The FAW said it “hereby confirms its withdrawal of support for the candidature of Mr Gianni Infantino” after his scrapped plan to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private investment firms. The FAW cited “failures in good governance, processes, leadership, values, stakeholder management, communications and sound judgement,” adding “Failing to put the best interests of football first is a failure we cannot accept.” UEFA and Concacaf issued statements criticising FIFA leadership and UEFA threatened to boycott FIFA competitions, including the World Cup, while seeking to have relevant documents retained for potential legal action. Wales’s move increases pressure on Infantino’s presidency and raises questions about formal challenges to his re-election and possible accountability steps by regional confederations.

Reece Dinsdale

@reecedinsdale.bsky.social

Fair play Wales! 💪✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Now the English FA need to show the same backbone. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

2832h ago

heenahere.bsky.social4

😂 once again, anything the Trumps or associates are involved with...fails,dies,ends. Infantino learned a lesson.

Lynne Gray1

Not sure that will happen as the CEO, #DebbieHewitt, is also a Vice President at #FIFA.

zebrah.bsky.social1

The World Cup should have been boycotted by all the nations, but it seems many just want to overlook the many human rights violations happening in the USA & Infantino fed right into the narrative. Frankly he’s no better.

NationCymru

@nation.cymru

The Football Association of Wales has withdrawn its support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid over his bungled effort to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors

393h ago

Ben Jacobs

@jacobsben.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: The English FA are set to send a letter making it clear they no longer support Gianni Infantino.

172h ago

Lucy Gunner

@lucyagunner.bsky.social

Wales first nation to withdraw support for Infantino - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Always loved the Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👏🏻❤️

93h ago

hokusai 🌊🌊🌊

@thebluenami.bsky.social

#FIFA's corrupt president GIANNI INFANTINO under increased pressure to resign almost every federation & now global leaders calling him out for being UNFIT wouldn't be surprised if he's scrambling to get TRUMP to make a statement of support for him #blues

43h ago

The National

@thenationalnews.com

Uefa and Concacaf said they had lost confidence in presidency of Infantino over the now scrapped World Cup sale proposal

53h ago

Newyddion S4C

@newyddion.s4c.cymru

⚽ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru yw'r gyntaf o holl gymdeithasau pêl-droed y byd i gyhoeddi nad yw hi'n bwriadu cefnogi cais Infantino i gael ei ail-ethol. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/yw-c...

54h ago

Stuart Hemingway

@stu31.bsky.social

UEFA have asked for all documents to be retained by FIFA as they are considering legal action… www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

22h ago

Tom Jenkins

@tomoljenkins.bsky.social

Wales first nation to withdraw support for Infantino. "Failing to put the best interests of football first is a failure we cannot accept." #FAW www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

12h ago

Merry Christmas, as in the other place.

@hellobluesky5694.bsky.social

'Wales first nation to withdraw support for Infantino' Now let's all do it.

52h ago

Ceritheviking

@ceritheviking.bsky.social

This is leadership. Really want wales to do this type of decisive action first. Great to see and congrats to @noelmooney and @lauramacallister for leading the way www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

42h ago

Den of Scholes

@denofscholes.bsky.social

Uefa threatens Fifa with legal action over investment plan - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Shit's getting real. UEFA are taking action to make sure nothing is shredded or deleted in relation to Infantino selling out. It's the first step in calling him corrupt.

22h ago

Jack London

@jacklondonbluesky.bsky.social

Wales first followed by England - will Infantino be removed from FIFA? It seems the established football nations are pissed off with his empire-building www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

21h ago

Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉

@paddyopatrick.bsky.social

To me the only question is why❓ Why has Infantino still got a job⁉️ He’s trashed the integrity of UEFA jumping to Trump’s tune etc if UEFA want to be credible again and The World Cup mean what it used to he and the rest of the senior management need to go 🤷🏻‍♂️

21h ago

Talk Football

@talk-football.com

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚽️🏆🌍 Wales Withdraws Infantino Backing Wales have become the first football association to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino’s FIFA re-election. The FAW cited failures in governance, leadership and transparency following the abandoned World Cup sell-off proposal.

Wales has become the first football association to officially withdraw support for Gianni Infantino's re-election as FIFA president.

32h ago

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