Norway demands Infantino resign as Mexico, Argentina back him
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- Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness publicly demanded Gianni Infantino's resignation, arguing he lacks the "institutional trust" to govern FIFA, going further than England, Wales, Croatia and Albania who only withdrew support without calling for him to step down
- Mexico's Football Federation broke ranks with Concacaf to back Infantino as 2026 World Cup co-hosts, rejecting any removal process that bypasses a vote of all 211 FIFA members
- Argentina's football association praised Infantino's decade-long tenure as "centred on the development of soccer worldwide" and accepted his apology for "errors," echoing Conmebol's position
- Uefa maintained its lost-confidence stance, declaring the conditions it set after the FFE scandal "have not been met" and warning that a World Cup boycott by European teams could still proceed
- Conmebol expressed concern about "repeated unilateral actions" but refused Infantino's removal without a full membership vote, while CAF unanimously backs the 56-year-old president
- Klaveness's cited grievances included FIFA's inaugural peace prize awarded to Donald Trump in December and the overturned ban for US forward Folarin Balogun after a phone call from Trump during the recent World Cup
- The aborted Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) subsidiary would have offered all 211 associations $40m (£30m) for backing private investment in the men's and women's World Cups
Why it matters: With Norway escalating from withdrawing support to explicitly demanding resignation and Uefa threatening a World Cup boycott, FIFA faces an institutional crisis that could reshape global football governance — but Mexico and Argentina's backing shows the split is geographic, not universal, threatening unity ahead of the 2026 tournament on which Infantino has staked his legacy.
