According to an investigation by The New York Times, the president of FIFA held private meetings with the founders of the competition
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Thursday, October 31
They reveal that Infantino supported the creation of the Super League
Although the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino , publicly rejected the creation of the European Super League, the newspaper The New York Times revealed that the manager held private meetings with the clubs involved in the founding of the new competition.
According to the research carried out by the US media, one of the conditions for the creation of the Superliga was that those involved reached an agreement with an entity that is described as “Wo1” but FIFA.
New York Times | Despite publicly speaking out against it, FIFA knew and supported the creation of the Super League in private. Infantino was aware of the plan and his subordinates held meetings with the founding clubs. pic.twitter.com/iu9qSDMjCR
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Apparently Infantino knew about the plan long before it was announced, the past 18 of April. and would have been in charge of a group called “A 22 ”, composed of investors such as John Hahn and Anas Laghrari , indicated The New York Times.
The investigation showed that group “A 22 ”would have met with the FIFA Deputy Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom , and during the Covid pandemic – 19 the clubs involved were informed that they had the approval of FIFA.
Secret meetings and broken promises: @ tariqpanja on how the organizers of the failed Super Le ague spent months courting FIFA, and how even after the project came under fire they still thought they had the organization’s silent backing. https://t.co/E0SxZSn1st
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“In at least one of those meetings, the separatist group proposed that, in exchange for FIFA’s support for his project, the Super League would accept the participation of up to ten of their top teams in a FIFA-backed club World Cup wrote. Panja, journalist who wrote the article.
According to Panja, “the clubs also agreed to waive the payments they would have obtained for participating, one potential profit for FIFA of up to $ 1 billion each year “.
DOUBLE SIDED?
According to information published by ‘The New York Times’, FIFA was behind the organization of the European Super League (despite publicly condemning it). They claim that those close to Infantino held meetings with the member clubs 😱⚽️❌ # FIFA pic.twitter.com/RvtfNOOA5V
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With the secret permission of FIFA, was going to materialize . However, everything changed when the press announced the plans of the Super League.
This situation led Alexander Ceferin to face to Infantino , who in the midst of pressure, decided to withdraw his support for the founding of the contest.
At the moment, only the Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus remain firm in the idea of creating the tournament, after all the English clubs decided withdraw before the pressure.
With information from ESPN and The New York Times.
