Infantino calls meeting to stay alive as Fifa chief | OneFootball

Gianni Infantino has called a "crisis meeting" with the organization's top officials for this Wednesday (5) in Morocco. According to The Times.

The FIFA president's goal is to contain the growing pressure he has been facing since the initiative — later abandoned — to market the World Cup's rights. 

That decision comes after further episodes that have deepened his isolation. 

Mattias Grafström, FIFA's secretary-general, became the latest ally to criticize Infantino's plan.

In an internal email sent to the organization's staff, Grafström described the project as "a sad and deplorable sequence of events".

Arsène Wenger, the former Arsenal manager and current FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, also distanced himself from the proposal and said the decision to shelve it was "absolutely necessary".

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Infantino will try to reinforce that he remains capable of leading the organization. 

He had been considered the overwhelming favorite to win next year's FIFA presidential election and is now fighting to stay "politically alive".

UEFA's support, considered the most important, no longer exists after the body led by Aleksander Čeferin came out completely against his plans. 

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