With mounting pressure against Gianni Infantino from football associations and UEFA, which maintains their boycott against World Cup and FIFA competitions in response to the failed FIFA Forward Enterprise plan, other nations have shown their support to Infantino: Argentina, Mexico as well as the African Confederation, Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF).
“On behalf of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), and its Executive Committee, we address you, dear President, and through you to the FIFA board, to express our support for the management carried out during the last 10 years, which had as its main axes the development of football throughout the world and the institutional solidity based on a clear, stable and transparent governance model“, the AFA wrote in a statement, highlighting the “heartfelt message” in which FIFA acknowledged mistakes, committing to backing Infantino in the next FIFA Congress.
Similarly, the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) wrote that they “support President Infantino’s leadership to continue driving the development of football through institutional strengthening”, and the African Confederation“unanimously reconfirmed its support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino and thanked him for his support for African Football, over the years”.
