💥 Football comes first: CONMEBOL statement to FIFA | OneFootball

CONMEBOL welcomed FIFA’s decision to withdraw Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup and another tournament to outside investors.

In a statement, the South American body also expressed concern over the “repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue.”

The organization warned that, within days, football had gone from making headlines for an extraordinary tournament to focusing the debate on its own governance. The Council recalled that FIFA reformed its Statutes more than a decade ago to safeguard transparency and due process.

CONMEBOL defended that institutional framework as a guarantee for the 211 Member Associations and warned that “when those principles are set aside, football loses.”

The statement made it explicit that the confederation “will not support any action or procedure” that departs from the established institutional mechanisms.

The statement comes amid the race for the FIFA presidency, with the electoral process already underway.

The deadline to submit candidacies for the FIFA presidency is November 18, 2026. After that, the Congress will choose, with the votes of the 211 federations, who will lead the organization toward the Centenary World Cup in 2030.

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