FIFA: "There is silence where there should be accountability" (AFC, Concacaf & UEFA)

"There is silence where there should be accountability, distance where there should be openness. These are not the qualities football deserves in its leadership. That is why we have taken this stance: not lightly and not alone, but together, and out of duty to the game we serve," the Asian Football Confederation, Concacaf and UEFA stated in an "open letter to the football family" signed by the presidents and general secretaries of the three confederations on 10 August 2026.

These three bodies explain their decision to reject the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) commercial company project proposed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on 28 July 2026 and subsequently abandoned on 1 August 2026, largely due to their opposition. This initiative, which involved bringing private investors into the…