The Times talked about Infantino's plans to raise his salary to $30 million.
The president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, planned to increase his annual remuneration to $30 million through the implementation of a commercial project to create a subsidiary of FIFA Forward Enterprise. About this on August 2nd Martin Ziegler, a correspondent for The Times newspaper, reported, citing sources.
"Infantino was aiming for a salary of $30 million plus bonuses for managing the new FIFA company," he wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).
According to the developed concept, the new commercial company was supposed to take full control of the rights to host all key men's and women's world championships.
However, the attempt to sell shares in the main tournaments to investors faced harsh criticism and widespread condemnation from the continental confederations and football officials, who accused the management of promoting personal interests in order to receive multimillion-dollar bonuses.
The day before, the New York Post reported that FIFA canceled a plan to sell part of the rights to third-party investors for $20 billion after an open revolt by football officials around the world and the threat of a boycott by UEFA.
Infantino's plans to attract private investors to finance the organization by selling them its rights to tournaments became known on July 28. Because of this, the Union of European Football Associations announced a boycott of FIFA tournaments on July 30. The participants were urged not to doubt their intention to defend their own interests and resist Infantino's plans, which "have no place in world football." The idea of the head of FIFA, as explained, is aimed at maximizing financial benefits and was initially discussed in secret from other industry representatives.
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