The head of the FA demanded from Infantino to provide documents for the sale of rights to the World Cup

The chairman of the Football Association of England (FA) Debbie Hewitt sent a letter to the president of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Gianni Infantino demanding to provide all documents relating to plans to sell commercial rights to host the World Cup. This was reported by The Times.

According to the source, in her appeal, Ms. Hewitt also asks for the release of documents related to the decision to cancel the red card to the striker of the US national team Folaryn Balogan during the World Cup. Before the match of the 1/8 finals between the Americans and the Belgians, the FIFA disciplinary committee suspended the suspension of the striker after a call from Donald Trump.

Debbie Hewitt believes that all members of the FIFA Board should receive “full information and access to correspondence related to the creation of FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE)”. It was planned that this structure would manage the commercial rights to the World Cups. The role of one of the key investors was intended for Thrive Eternal, which is headed by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law. After criticism from major continental confederations, Infantino dropped the idea.

In addition, in her letter, the FA chairman pointed to shortcomings in the FIFA governance system and proposed a procedure for agreeing on the terms of the independent audit. Debbie Hewitt is disappointed that Infantino has not been in touch with the FIFA Council since early August.

Arnold Kabanov