Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Faroe Islands released a joint statement on Sunday saying they have lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino, increasing the pressure against the Swiss executive, whose proposal to privatise part of World Cup divided the world of football (Europe, Asia and North and Central America mainly oppose to him, while South America and Africa support him).
The rare joint statement between the six nordic FIFA members came after a meeting in Helsinki, backing previous calls made by other countries and confederations uring Infantino to resign. “The six Nordic football associations have lost confidence in FIFA’s president and are concerned about the organisation’s governance and decision-making at the highest level”, the statement read.
“The Nordic football associations stand united with UEFA and support the measures that the organisation and its national member associations have jointly proposed. We expect FIFA to provide binding guarantees that the organisation’s governance or competitions will never again be opened up to private ownership.”
Gianni Infantino needs to secure half of the votes of all 211 FIFA members before the elections next March, but he faces strong opposition mainly from UEFA. Recently, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Infantino should resign, but he refused to run for the role.
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