The facts
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has apologised to the Fifa Council for his World Cup sell-off plan, but has been told he is not fit to lead unless he releases all documents and answers key questions. The Fifa Council met in Zurich on Thursday for the first time since Infantino's secret Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal emerged, which would have given a portion of the commercial rights of football's world governing body to a private investment firm. Infantino scrapped the FFE proposal within days. In a video statement, Infantino said he apologised for mistakes in the communication and consultation process related to the FFE project. He stated it was a proposal, not a done deal, intended to enable Fifa to invest more in member associations. He declined to take questions from the media, including the BBC, and said he would answer questions in writing. Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt, a Fifa vice-president, said many questions remained unanswered and that Infantino was not fit to be Fifa president if he did not answer them. Hewitt stated she had repeatedly asked for the FFE papers to be shared and had not received them. She added that the responses to questions about the FFE, the Folarin Balogun case, and the Fifa Peace Prize would determine if Infantino was the right candidate. Uefa has prepared criminal legal proceedings against Infantino and lodged a claim in three US courts for all documents related to FFE to be released. Hewitt hopes Infantino will now freely release the documents. Infantino will stand for re-election as Fifa president for a third time in March.
Our take
Gianni Infantino, you scheming, document-hoarding asshole. You got caught red-handed trying to secretly auction off the commercial heart of world football to some private equity ghouls, and your idea of contrition is a fucking pre-recorded video where you apologise for 'mistakes in the communication and consultation process'? Not for the actual act of being a greedy, backroom-dealing prick? You think this is about a fucking typo in the memo, you clown? It's about you trying to sell the World Cup out the back door and getting your fingers slammed in it.
You only scrapped your FIFA Forward Enterprise grift because you were found out, you coward. Now you're hiding from reporters like the BBC, promising to answer questions in writing like a kid who needs to ask his mum for help with his spelling. 'I'll write you a note!' What the fuck is this, primary school? You're the president of FIFA, and your own deputy, Debbie Hewitt, is standing there telling the room you are not fit to lead unless you cough up the papers she's been begging for. What's in those documents, Gianni? The receipt for the silverware you already pawned? The spreadsheet showing how much of a kickback you were getting for flogging the sport's soul?
The sheer, unadulterated gall of this dickhead is breathtaking. While UEFA is preparing criminal proceedings against you and filing lawsuits in three US courts to pry those documents from your cold, dead hands, you have the fucking vanity to think you'll stand for re-election in March. For a third term! You think a mumbled video apology for 'process errors' washes away the stench of you trying to privatise the planet's biggest sporting event? That's like a arsonist apologising for using the wrong brand of lighter fluid.
Hewitt says your fitness depends on answering questions about this sell-off, the Folarin Balogun case, and the FIFA Peace Prize. Let's cut the bullshit: the only prize you're fit for is the 'World's Most Transparent Grifter' award, which you'd probably try to sell the naming rights to. You are a secretive, answer-dodging, paper-shredding bastard who treats FIFA like his own personal fiefdom to be monetised. The only thing you're fit to lead is a line of suckers to the bank. Release the fucking documents, answer the questions, and then do everyone a favour: take your 'proposal' and your video camera and get the fuck out.
