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[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Players taking action. FIFPRO, the union which represents 70,000 professional players worldwide, has today written to FIFA demanding change. It wants involvement in the FIFA review into Gianni Infantino’s dangerous plan to sell off parts of the World Cup “and structural safeguards to ensure these events can never be repeated…" FIFPRO alleges “profound abuse of presidential power”. FIFPRO demands include…

“Governance and structural reforms that make it impossible for any individual, ever again, to drive unilateral decisions through the game.

“Legally binding engagement with professional football's stakeholders on decisions of major consequence, including the international match calendar, competition expansion and other matters that fundamentally affect the professional game.

“Voting rights for professional football's stakeholders on the FIFA Council, together with a clear and formally recognised role for FIFPRO as the global representative of professional footballers."

Letter to FIFA signed by presidents of all FIFPRO regions in Africa, Asia/Oceania, Europe, South America and Central & North America.

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

UEFA reiterated on Thursday that it had lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino and said conditions to withdraw its boycott threat had not been met.

[Ali Al Hussein @AliBinAlHussein]

Thank you to the FIFA administration for suddenly this morning delivering what was owed to our players and coaching staff, for the Jordan National team’s accession to the final of the FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar last December.
This was funding that should have been received 8 months ago.
While this is a good development for our players, it does not change the serious concerns we in the football world have regarding the FIFA leadership, nor does it change what our FAs have been subjected to in the past.
It is symptomatic of those exact difficulties that we all face, and that are usually linked to the FIFA presidential elections. And it does not change my clear position concerning the leadership of FIFA: my FA and I will not endorse president Infantino, nor will we vote for him.

[Dina @Doudou369]

@PolitlcsGlobal Trying to save his ass?!

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

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@FIFAWorldCup #argentina #egypt #worldcup @fifacom_ar

[Ali Al Hussein @AliBinAlHussein]

There is no shortage of issues regarding FIFA. Let me start by clarifying what some of these are from an FA perspective, in particular that of Jordan going into a World Cup for the first time.
We are a small country with a minimal budget for our FA and had to deal with enormous hurdles. First, getting our fans into the USA: not all were granted VISAS, even though they had tickets -which we also know were sold at exorbitant prices. Secondly, we are being taxed by the US govt through FIFA for our participation. Money that should go to players and staff. This was not the case for those who played and set up camp in Canada and Mexico. But we happened to be in the USA so now we face these huge costs in taxes for having participated.
Thirdly we have been waiting for reward money for our players since December for the Arab cup in Qatar, which is a FIFA event. The money our team should receive for having reached the final has not been delivered yet, while at the same time FIFA brags about how many billions they have in reserve.
It is clear the problem really is with leadership. For months, FIFA has been refusing to help us on any of these or other matters- until it was verbally communicated to me during the World Cup that if I endorsed Infantino it would go a long way to helping our FA out.
We pride ourselves in Jordan in upholding ethical values. We did not endorse him before and certainly will not now. But the whole situation amounts to blackmail and we refuse to give in to that.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨 UEFA just put Gianni Infantino on formal notice: preserve every document related to that failed World Cup sell-off plan or face legal action.

They also sent the same warning to Joshua Kushner, Greg Maffei, JP Morgan and OpenEconomic.

UEFA is actively considering lawsuits, arbitration and regulatory complaints over the whole scheme.

Infantino already killed the private investment idea after European federations threatened a World Cup boycott.

Now they're going after the paper trail and openly talking about ousting him.

Source: Telegraph / Writer: Claudio

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

i just heard someone on TikTok say “this is the first time in history women are dating men for their character. and that’s why no one is dating.” and she was right.

[UEFA @UEFA]

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[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

Gianni Infantino says the FIFA Forward Enterprise will not proceed because he ‘listened to feedback and the project created divisions.’

However, prior to that press release the @nypost revealed the proposal was actually dead because lead investor Joshua Kushner pulled out due to the global backlash.

“There is no way they want to continue to be involved in this mess… This is becoming a brand nightmare.”

[AFC @theafcdotcom]

AFC stands in solidarity with UEFA and CONCACAF following recent developments surrounding the proposed establishment of FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE).

https://t.co/k7MjAvWOhX

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨| BREAKING: All 41 Concacaf members have 𝐑𝐄𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 Gianni Infantino's FIFA Forward Enterprise plans.

[@JacobsBen]

[Martyn Ziegler @martynziegler]

Breaking: CONCACAF's 41 countries "reject" FIFA World Cup sell off plan

[UEFA @UEFA]

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

[UEFA @UEFA]

UEFA statement on The Times article: ⬇️

[Rémi Kasprzyk @KasprzykRemi]

Quand le COVID est apparu en Chine, nous avons dit : c’est loin.

Quand il a touché l’Iran, nous avons dit : ça ne nous concerne pas.

Quand il a frappé l’Italie, nous avons eu peur. Mais nous nous sommes rassurés : notre système de santé est solide, nous sommes prêts.

Puis il est entré chez nous. Et nous avons compté nos morts comme tout le monde. Nous avons pleuré comme tout le monde. Nous avons enterré nos parents sans pouvoir les embrasser, comme tout le monde.

Aujourd’hui, l’histoire recommence. Mot pour mot.

Le réchauffement climatique, c’était l’Afrique. C’était les îles du Pacifique. C’était loin.

Puis ce fut le Canada qui brûle, la Grèce qui suffoque, l’Espagne qui a soif.

Et maintenant, c’est ici. Maintenant, c’est nous.

Nos aînés meurent de chaud dans leurs appartements. Nos forêts partent en fumée. Nos rivières s’assèchent. Nos terres se fissurent.

Je suis soignant. Pendant le COVID, j’ai vu ce que coûte chaque semaine perdue à se rassurer.

Alors je vous le demande, une seule fois, avec ce qui me reste de voix :

n’attendez pas que ce soit trop tard pour dire que c’était prévisible. Nous sommes tous sur le même bateau et nous sommes en train de le faire couler.

Agissez.

📸 Maximilien Lamy / AFP

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

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[The Economist @TheEconomist]

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[Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary) @SpockResists]

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