Game over for Gianni Infantino? UEFA 'accelerate' plans to topple FIFA president after World Cup sell-off plan U-turn

UEFA is moving to accelerate efforts to challenge FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the collapse of his proposal to create a $20 billion commercial subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise. The plan would have sold a 20% stake in the federation’s most profitable assets to private investors, with an ESPN report pointing to a New York investment firm founded by Joshua Kushner as a potential anchor investor. According to the article, the proposal sparked immediate resistance from football’s major power brokers, forcing Infantino to withdraw it. In a statement, he said the scheme had created divisions that no longer served the original objective of uniting and improving. UEFA leaders, including Vice President Laura McAllister and President Aleksander Čeferin, have publicly intensified pressure.