Infantino eyed an XXL salary with his FFE plan 🤯💸 (The Times) | OneFootball

The revelations keep coming!

As the hours go by, more is being learned about the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) project, which has now been scrapped by FIFA.

According to revelations from The Times, Gianni Infantino could have received an annual salary of $30 million, or around €26 million, if he had taken charge of FIFA’s future commercial company.

As a reminder, FIFA released its financial report in June 2026, which showed that Gianni Infantino received $4.6 million in 2025. The FIFA president would therefore have benefited from a 525% salary increase if the FFE project had been adopted.

A colossal sum that has revived criticism surrounding a project ultimately abandoned under pressure from several major confederations, including UEFA, Concacaf, and the AFC.

For its critics, the FFE would have opened the door to ever-greater commercialization of global football.

FIFA, however, rejects these accusations. The governing body insists that this initiative had only one objective: to increase commercial revenue in order to boost the funds redistributed to its 211 member associations, and not to “sell football.”

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