SCOUT· 65%50m·2026-08-03·SportsIs Infantino's exit now inevitable?
Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic’s Matt Slater, Adam Crafton, and James Horncastle to unpack a week that shook global football. The panel dissects how Gianni Infantino’s multi-billion-dollar plans to sell off stakes in FIFA tournaments fell apart, the scale of pushback, and whether this historic U-turn leaves…
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“My first thought was also how could he think he could pull this off, but he's pulled off every crooked scheme before this with little legitimate push back, so he probably thought he could get away with anything”
“Infantino must go. Just as importantly, FIFA's regulations and statutes must be amended to make sure this never happens. The people backing Infantino are the world's oligarchs and they don't give up easily. They have all the money in the wo…”
“The advisors for the $4.2 billion FIFA scheme were JPMorgan. The $4 billion pledged finance for the European Super League was to be provided by JPMorgan. The Glazers leveraged buyout of Manchester United was facilitated by JPMorgan. I think…”
“The problem with Infantino's private equity plan was not that it was designed to grow the game. It was designed to enrich himself and the officials running the national federations. The proposed arrangement with Kushner would have likely en…”
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