UEFA Keeps Boycott Threat Over Unmet Conditions After FIFA Apology
UEFA said it still lacks confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and will not lift its threat to boycott FIFA competitions until its demands are met, despite FIFA's apology for a failed World Cup profit-sale plan.
UEFA reiterated on Thursday that it will maintain its threat to boycott FIFA competitions, saying it has lost confidence in President Gianni Infantino and that the conditions it set for ending the boycott have not been satisfied. The confederation’s statement said the proposals to sell stakes in major competitions must be withdrawn and guarantees must be provided that similar attempts will not be repeated. It added that these conditions remain unmet.
FIFA, after a summit in Morocco, issued an apology for the aborted plan to sell World Cup profits through a commercial subsidiary and pledged to prevent such errors in the future. The organization expressed hope that the meeting would help restore confidence after the controversy surrounding the abandoned project.
UEFA noted that its earlier decision to abandon participation in FIFA events would stand if the disputed plan proceeded, and it said the recent apology does not change its assessment of Infantino’s leadership. > "UEFA’s associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the non participation in FIFA competitions," the statement read. > "Yesterday’s announcement that some people employed by the FIFA president ... agree with him changes nothing," it added.