Gianni Infantino: Fifa criticises campaign to oust president - BBC Sport

Fifa strongly criticises what it calls a "concerted and ongoing effort" to "undermine" the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gianni Infantino apologised for the Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal, but now it seems to be business as usual for the Fifa president

Football issues correspondentPublished8 August 2026Fifa has strongly criticised what it calls a "concerted and ongoing effort" to "undermine" the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino.

The statement follows a Daily Telegraph report, external which claimed Infantino's alleged lover was given a severance payment by Uefa after he had an affair while he was its general secretary.

A Fifa spokesperson told the Telegraph Infantino "strongly denies" the allegations and that they are "categorically untrue".

Fifa has now itself hit out at "unsubstantiated assertions and demonstrably false claims", adding that "speculation and insinuation should not be presented as fact".