FIFA President Gianni Infantino apologised for mistakes in handling the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) after facing widespread opposition. Following a crisis meeting in Rabat, FIFA executives reaffirmed their support for Infantino, while the governing body withdrew the proposal, ordered a review and pledged to improve its governance processes.
Rabat: Gianni Infantino admitted mistakes were made in the process of trying to sell off the World Cup to private investment and apologised for "errors" he made, but the senior executives "reaffirmed their full support" for him to remain FIFA president after a crisis meeting in Morocco.
Infantino was forced to withdraw his plan to create FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), a company to run the commercial and operational aspects of FIFA's tournaments, after it triggered widespread opposition from UEFA, Concacaf, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and several national associations, as well as criticism from within FIFA.
Secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, who was at Wednesday's meeting, wrote in an internal memo sent to Fifa staff on Tuesday that the situation is "a sad and reproachable series of events".
Following the mounting criticism, Infantino has asked senior leaders of football's world governing body to attend the cricis meeting in Rabat.
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