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Ceferin says trust in football remains broken after FIFA's abandoned investor plan
September 23, 2026 at 02:58 PM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 2 hours
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says trust in world football remains broken, months after FIFA scrapped its investor plan and Infantino proposed a governance review.
- Ceferin, in a video address to the Portugal Football Summit, made his first public comments since Infantino proposed a governance review.
- Infantino wrote to FIFA's member associations and Council on Monday, proposing an independent external review of FIFA's governance framework.
- Ceferin said trust rests on unity, transparency and governance serving the many, and that all three were disregarded.
- FIFA abandoned in July its plan to sell a 20% stake in commercial rights, including the World Cup, after opposition from UEFA, the AFC and Concacaf.


