You have to admire Gianni Infantino’s confidence that, despite everything that has happened around the FIFA president lately, he is still going to run for a fourth term as the leader of soccer’s top governing body.

FIFA confirmed Sunday that Infantino, who was first voted into the sport’s top job in 2016, will seek re-election next year after winning unopposed in 2019 and 2023. He announced his plan to run again at the FIFA Congress in Vancouver in April, but there was some uncertainty if that was still the case after backlash from his failed FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal that would have seen private investment fill their — and his — pockets even more with minority stakes in its major tournaments, including the World Cups.

There were calls for Infantino to resign when the plan failed, and regional governing bodies Concacaf, UEFA and the Asian Football Confederation have all withdrawn their support, though there has been backing for the Italian from Africa and some major powers like Argentina, Mexico and 2022 men’s hosts Qatar.

Controversy seems to follow every FIFA president, it comes with being at the top of one of the most scrutinized organizations in the world, but Infantino has never made it easy for himself either.

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The FFE fallout was the straw that broke the camel’s back and then kicked it when it was down.

Infantino also came under fire at this summer’s World Cup for his decision to unsuspend American striker Folarin Balogun ahead of their Round of 16 match against Belgium following a call from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Balogun had been sent off in the Round of 32 against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a high tackle on a Bosnian player, and was due to miss the Belgium clash until Trump called Infantino and asked him to overturn the ban as it would not be fair for his nation to be without their best player in the tournament to that point. Infantino, whose relationship with Trump was always too close for some onlookers, obliged — to the outrage of much of the sporting world.

Balogun himself did not ask for anyone to appeal something that can’t be appealed, but was caught up in the circus and will always be associated with the chaos. He was ineffective in the Round of 16 game that Belgium won 4-1 anyway, celebrating with a Trump-like dance.

Having the FIFA president make decisions because the President of a country wants him to this summer was enough for Belgium to officially withdraw their support for Infantino on Monday. They also want a full breakdown of what happened when they attend October’s FIFA Council meeting — saying in a statement that they “have not yet received any satisfactory response on this matter,” months later.

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Canadian Concacaf boss Victor Montagliani, one of Infantino’s VPs at FIFA, is considered by many as one of the top candidates to run against him, though the Vancouver native has not formally announced a campaign yet. No potential opponent has emerged yet, but UEFA is expected to put someone else forward as well.

Montagliani did request that Infantino not attend a recent Concacaf youth tournament, which Infantino ignored. The Concacaf chief has been at the top administrative levels of the sport for quite a while now, and Concacaf’s 35 voting member associations are a key region in any election.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently backed Montagliani.

“He’s an exceptional individual, he’s a credit to Canada, credit to football,” Carney told reporters. “He’s done a very good job in his role at Concacaf, but again, I’ll defer to governance. There are those who make these decisions, and they’re not Prime Ministers, but he’s someone I know well and have tremendous respect for.”