Blatter calls for resistance against Infantino's plans

After the plans to sell out FIFA became known, the controversial ex-president Joseph S. Blatter called on the members of the world football association to resist the dubious $25 billion project of his incumbent successor Gianni Infantino (both Switzerland).

From the 82-year-old's point of view, the individual national associations should follow the criticism of the German association boss Reinhard Grindel. “FIFA should not sell football. It is now up to FIFA members to intervene. The DFB President has already done it,” Blatter wrote on his Twitter channel on Monday.

According to media reports from last weekend, Infantino is said to want to sell almost all of FIFA's other rights from other areas to a previously unknown consortium of investors for the billion-dollar deal, in addition to the rights to new competitions.

After the plans were revealed, President Grindel of the German Football Association (DFB) demanded that Infantino now “put all the facts on the table”. At the same time, the 57-year-old expressly left open his stance on Infantino's renewed candidacy for another term at the top of FIFA.

Blatter was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee at the end of 2015 in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandal on suspicion of unfaithful management. A few weeks later, a FIFA congress elected Infantino as the new head of the association, but he has since delayed the promised renewal process and instead focused on maintaining his position of power.

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Blatter calls for resistance against Infantino's plans

Former FIFA President Joseph Blatter sharply criticized his successor's plans.

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