Infantino proposes an ‘independent external review’ of Fifa governance

<ul><li><p>President writes to council and member nations</p></li><li><p>Infantino says he is ‘fully committed to leading Fifa’</p></li></ul><p>The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has agreed to commission an independent governance review after coming under mounting pressure to do so in the wake of the World Cup sale debacle.</p><p>The Guardian revealed last month that several members of the Fifa council had been lobbying for an external review of both the proposed Fifa Forward Enterprise sell-off and the Folarin Balogun controversy – with the Football Association chair, Debbie Hewitt, increasing the pressure last week by writing to Infantino <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/17/fa-chair-hewitt-demands-infantino-releases-records-of-failed-world-cup-plan">demanding the release of all documents relating to both issues</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/21/gianni-infantino-proposes-independent-external-review-fifa-governance">Continue reading...</a>