UEFA
ON THE RECORD · 26 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“failed to use associations' money for the benefit of the game.”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA stated Saturday that Infantino has failed to use associations' money for the benefit of the game.
“We must start to use some of that money that is sat idle in FIFA's bank account to deliver the kickstart that the grassroots and the wider game need in each of the 211 countries of FIFA. But we don't need to sell off the family silver to pay for it.”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's statement argues for using idle FIFA funds for grassroots development rather than selling off assets.
“On both these promises, he has failed to deliver. The shabby, back room, opaque deal he hatched and tried to force through was anything but transparent.”
UEFA · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's statement criticizes Infantino for failing to deliver on his transparency promises.
“This is a victory for the whole game. But it must not be the end of the story. The proposal has gone. The task of rebuilding trust in FIFA has only just begun.”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's statement concludes that the collapse of the proposal is a victory but rebuilding trust in FIFA has only just begun.
“When Gianni Infantino asked for the trust and the votes of FIFA's Member Associations to elect him as their president in 2016,”
UEFA · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA released a scathing statement depicting its lost confidence in Infantino after FIFA scrapped its investment plan.
“UEFA will begin work immediately with partners and stakeholders all over the world and right across the game to propose a new way of distributing resources through the existing FIFA Forward program,”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's latest statement announces plans to propose a new way of distributing resources through the FIFA Forward program.
“secret schemes on fast-track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game.”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's Saturday statement characterized the investment plan as secret schemes of dubious benefit to the game.
“That review should be thorough and fundamental,”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's Saturday statement calls for a thorough and fundamental review of FIFA governance.
“No option should be off the table. The current FIFA leadership has not only lost UEFA's confidence but also that of many other members of the football family.”
UEFA · said 2026-08-01 · reported 2026-08-01
UEFA's Saturday statement says FIFA leadership has lost the confidence of UEFA and other football family members.
“never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-08-01
On Thursday, UEFA revealed a unanimous vote to boycott all FIFA competitions until binding assurances were provided.
“Some things are simply too important to sell,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA said in a statement that some things are simply too important to sell.
“Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. Investor expectations become a daily pressure.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA stated that commercial return becomes a permanent obligation and investor expectations become a daily pressure.
“This is not merely a profound failure of leadership, but an abdication of FIFA’s duty as the custodian of world football,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA said Infantino's plan is a profound failure of leadership and an abdication of FIFA's duty as the custodian of world football.
“unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA stated the boycott stands unless the proposal is abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances are given against private ownership.
“The moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes forever,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA detailed why soccer officials fear that the moment external investors acquire ownership interests in FIFA competitions, football changes forever.
“The FIFA World Cup belongs to football. It always will. And so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA stated that the FIFA World Cup belongs to football and will never be for sale as long as Europe has a voice.
“As a result of today’s discussion, no UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA said no UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as the proposals remain alive.
“UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-30 · reported 2026-07-31
UEFA announced a boycott of FIFA competitions after an urgent online meeting of its 55 member nations.
“None of us are the owners of football.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
UEFA issued a statement opposing FIFA's plan to sell stakes in World Cup competitions.
“The soul and governance of football are not assets to trade — especially with zero transparency as to who gains financially,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
UEFA responded to reports of FIFA selling stakes in its competitions.
“This crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
UEFA, which comprises 55 of the FIFA members, warned the plan crosses a line that football's governing institutions should never cross.
“It is not FIFA’s to sell,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
UEFA attacked FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors.
“extremely seriously. So should every national Football Association.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
UEFA said it took reports of the project extremely seriously and urged national football associations to do the same.
“We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision,”
UEFA · said 2026-07-06 · reported 2026-07-06
UEFA said in a statement that it expressed disbelief at FIFA's unprecedented and unjustifiable decision.
“crossed a red line.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-06 · reported 2026-07-06
UEFA said in a statement that FIFA's decision to lift Balogun's suspension crossed a red line.
“When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined.”
UEFA · said 2026-07-06 · reported 2026-07-06
UEFA said in a statement that when the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed, the integrity of the game is at stake.