FIFA Forward Enterprise project: "Gianni Infantino is not the solution. He is the problem" (Javier Tebas)

"FIFA’s competitions and commercial rights are not Infantino’s personal property. Whoever mixes politics, discipline, money and power without transparency cannot lead anything. (Gianni) Infantino is not the solution to FIFA’s governance. He is the problem. We are moving deeper into the iceberg and discovering what still remains to surface," Javier Tebas, president of LALIGA, wrote on X on 29 July 2026, in response to FIFA’s proposal unveiled the previous day to create a commercial company (“FIFA Forward Enterprise”) open to private investors to manage "FIFA’s commercial and event operations."

"FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) is actually a proposal, an offer. It’s part of a democratic process - a consultation process - and, above all, it is an opportunity but not an obligation," Gianni…