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Infantino pressured to include abandoned World Cup sell-off in FIFA review

FIFA council members are demanding that president Gianni Infantino include the abandoned World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun affair in his proposed external review of FIFA's governance.

In a letter sent to all 211 FIFA member associations on Monday, Infantino announced his intention to ask the council to commission a review of 'FIFA's current governance framework for major strategic initiatives' at its next meeting in Zurich on October 15. wlop.pl

However, the president faces an internal battle over the terms of reference for this review, with council members insisting that both the controversial World Cup sell-off plan and the Balogun affair be included in the scope of the investigation. Infantino has stated that the review letter has been well received, but the pressure is mounting for a more comprehensive examination of FIFA's governance practices.