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Top soccer officials Victor Montagliani of CONCACAF and Aleksander Ceferin of UEFA are pressuring FIFA President Gianni Infantino to distribute $2.1 billion to the organization’s 211 member associations over four years, arguing that it's unnecessary to sell off World Cup rights to raise funds. The two chiefs criticize Infantino’s proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise project and claim FIFA can fund local soccer development from its existing $6 billion reserves without selling commercial rights. UEFA has also filed a lawsuit against FIFA in the US to investigate the scrapped deal with Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital, which was worth $4.2 billion.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-18,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and CONCACAF chief Victor Montagliani have demanded that FIFA distribute at least $10 million to each of its 211 member associations. This proposed payout, totaling approximately $2.1 billion over the next four years, comes after FIFA scrapped its controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan following widespread opposition from national soccer bodies and fans alike. The FFE initiative aimed to sell off 21% of FIFA's competition rights to private investors to fund local development projects but was ultimately abandoned amid controversy. Ceferin and Montagliani argue that FIFA already has the financial capacity, with reserves estimated at around $6 billion, to allocate these funds without selling any assets or interests. The letter also urges for an independent review of FIFA’s financial reserves and proposes that a portion of its substantial cash reserves be released directly to member associations for development purposes.
Written for “FIFA Financial Demands” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
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Top soccer bosses are demanding FIFA President Gianni Infantino crack open a $6 billion piggy bank, arguing his controversial bid to sell off World Cup rights was completely unnecessary, according to a letter exclusively obtained by The Post.
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bid → demand → Post
In a Friday missive to Infantino, CONCACAF chief Victor Montagliani and UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin proposed handing out at least $10 million to each of the 211 member associations.
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Montagliani → propose → associations
The payouts would total $2.1 billion over the next four years.
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payouts → total → years
The joint letter blasts the defunct FIFA Forward Enterprise that drew widespread opposition from soccer bosses and fans alike.
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that → blast → bosses
Infantino originally pitched the project as a required move to sell a “share” of FIFA competitions to outside investors to fund local soccer development.
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Infantino → pitch → development
But the two confederation chiefs say the governing body’s own books prove it is already swimming in cash.
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it → say → cash
“FIFA already has the capacity to deliver substantially more to its [member associations] from its own balance sheet without any sale of interests in its competitions,” the letter states.
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letter → have → competitions
Even after a $2.1 billion payout, FIFA would still hold at least $1.5 billion in reserves, according to the missive.
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FIFA → hold → missive
The mutiny is the latest fallout from Infantino’s aborted scheme to sell World Cup commercial rights to Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital for $4.2 billion.
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mutiny → abort → billion
That sweeping privatization push collapsed amid fierce opposition from European associations, as this newspaper exclusively reported.
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newspaper → collapse → associations
UEFA also recently launched a US lawsuit targeting FIFA’s American subsidiaries to unearth details on the Thrive Capital negotiations.
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UEFA → launch → negotiations
The European soccer body is hunting for discovery materials to fuel a potential Swiss criminal mismanagement complaint against Infantino.
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body → hunt → Infantino
The mounting legal pressure even forced the embattled FIFA boss to quietly skip a recent Hamptons event last month.
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pressure → mount → event
Now, Čeferin and Montagliani are pushing for an independent financial review.
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Čeferin → push → review
Releasing the reserves, they argue, will prove members don’t have to choose “between investment and integrity”.
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members → release → investment
The Post has sought comment from FIFA, UEFA and CONCACAF.
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Post → seek → FIFA
This is a breaking news story.
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This → break → ?
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