Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Luis Figo demands Infantino's resignation over FIFA investment scheme
Football is a sport played and loved all over the world.
A group called FIFA helps run the game, and its boss is a man named Gianni Infantino.
A famous former player named Luis Figo is very angry at Infantino.
Figo says Infantino wanted to secretly sell the World Cup, the biggest football competition, to rich investors.
Figo believes the plan was to give Infantino a huge job and lots of money, about $30 million a year.
Figo wrote a newspaper column saying Infantino should quit right away: 'Infantino must go.'
He said FIFA already has about $5 billion saved up, so it does not need outside investors.
Infantino is now holding urgent meetings in Morocco to try to keep his job.
Figo worries that this secret plan has hurt football's good name.
Luis Figo has demanded FIFA president Gianni Infantino's immediate resignation, writing 'Infantino must go.'
The demand follows the collapse of the FIFA Forward Enterprise project and a scheme to sell the World Cup to private investors.
Figo accused Infantino of using the secret deal to secure himself a $30 million-a-year job.
The criticism appeared in a column by Figo for the British newspaper Daily Mail on Wednesday.
Figo also cited Jordan Football Association allegations that Infantino blocked its funding to secure a nomination letter to stay in power.
- Who
- Luis Figo, former Portugal and Real Madrid star, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
- What
- Figo demanded Infantino's immediate resignation after the collapse of the FIFA Forward Enterprise project, involving a scheme to sell the World Cup to private investors.
- When
- The criticism came in a Daily Mail column published on Wednesday, following revelations over the previous 10 days.
- Where
- Figo's column appeared in the British newspaper Daily Mail, while Infantino held emergency crisis talks in Morocco.
- Why
- Figo claims the private investment scheme was designed to give Infantino a $30 million-a-year job and accuses him of self-interest and lack of transparency.
- FIFA president
- Gianni Infantino
- Accuser
- Luis Figo (Portugal great, former Real Madrid winger)
- Demand
- Immediate resignation of Infantino
- Trigger
- Collapse of the FIFA Forward Enterprise project
- Alleged pay tied to scheme
- $30 million a year
- FIFA reserves cited by Figo
- $5 billion
- Crisis talks location
- Morocco
- Platform
- Column in the British Daily Mail (Wednesday)