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Victor Montagliani has informed Concacaf staff of his intention to run for re-election as president next year, which would prevent him from contesting Gianni Infantino for the Fifa presidency. Montagliani made this announcement during a town hall meeting with Concacaf’s 41 member associations and its staff. He stated that he wants to continue serving in his current role rather than pursuing the Fifa position due to regional support. The Concacaf presidential election will precede the Fifa vote, scheduled for March, leading Montagliani to clarify his intentions early.
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Victor Montagliani, the current president of Concacaf (the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation), has informed his organization’s staff of his intent to run for re-election next year. This move effectively rules him out as a potential challenger to Gianni Infantino for the Fifa presidency in March 2023. Montagliani, who was elected ten years ago on a reform agenda after a major corruption scandal, wants to continue serving Concacaf’s members rather than pursuing the Fifa position. The Concacaf presidential election will take place before the Fifa vote scheduled for March 18 in Rabat, Morocco, making it imperative for Montagliani to clarify his intentions now.
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Victor Montagliani has told Concacaf staff he intends to stand for re-election as the confederation’s presidentnext year, which will rule him out of going up against Gianni Infantino for the top job at Fifa.
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which → tell → Fifa
The Canadian businessman is understood to have relayed the message to most of the 41 members of Concacaf, the North and Central American and Caribbean confederation.
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businessman → understand → Concacaf
Montagliani has been widely touted as a potential candidate to take on Infantino for the Fifa presidency, particularly among Uefa member associations, who are conscious a European candidate would have no chance of beating Infantino in a ballot of Fifa’s 211 members.
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candidate → tout → members
At a town hall meeting of Concacaf staff late last month, however, Montagliani is understood to have said that despite the Fifa governance crisis and calls for him to stand, he wants to continue serving members in the region.
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he → understand → region
Concacaf’s presidential election will take place in the first quarter of next year before the Fifa vote on 18 March in Rabat, with the similar timelines leading Montagliani to clarify his intentions to staff.
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timelines → take → staff
The 61-year-old was elected president on a reforming mandate 10 years ago after the corruption scandal that culminated in the arrest of then Concacaf president, Jeffrey Webb, after an FBI investigation.
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that → elect → investigation
Webb admitted he had taken “bribes and kickbacks”.
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he → admit → bribes
Uefa will also hold presidential elections next year, with Aleksander Ceferin, the incumbent, confirming his intention to stand at a meeting of Uefa’s 55 member associations in Berlin on Thursday.
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Ceferin → hold → Thursday
Montagliani and Ceferin are expected to continue working together to bring about governance reform at Fifa after the World Cup sell-off scandal, which will be on the agenda at next Thursday’s Fifa council meeting in Zurich.
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which → expect → Zurich
Fifa’s council has not met since Infantino’s Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan was exposed in July despite repeated calls from members for an extraordinary general meeting, with the summit their first meeting since Fifa congress in Vancouver last March.
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summit → meet → Vancouver
Montagliani, Ceferin and the Asian Football Confederation president, Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, are expected to use the council meeting to demand an independent review of FFE and call for broader governance reforms of Fifa, which would give a greater voice to stakeholders and formalise the council’s role in decision-making.
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which → expect → making
Previous calls from the trio, expressed in letters sent to Infantino last month, for Fifa to allocate a portion of its $6bn (£4.5bn) cash reserves to members will also be discussed.
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Fifa → express → members
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