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- Uefa has set a 2 November deadline for FIFA to answer 42 written questions across eight pages, covering FFE private investment, the FIFA Peace Prize, and Folarin Balogun's overturned World Cup suspension.
- Infantino allegedly told management board members two days before the FFE vote that US authorities were investigating FIFA's administration, which Uefa's letter claims may have pressured members just before the decision.
- Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner (brother of Trump's son-in-law), was granted exclusivity without competitive tendering despite Trump receiving the FIFA Peace Prize, Uefa's questions note.
- Folarin Balogun's World Cup ban was lifted after Trump called Infantino to request a review; Uefa asks whether the case would have been reopened without presidential intervention.
- Uefa also questioned a reported undisclosed additional salary for Infantino from FWC2026 US Inc. and a $4m Trump Tower lease involving Eric Trump reportedly unused for most of the year.
- Uefa filed legal papers in the US last month seeking disclosure from FIFA and has warned it could lodge a criminal complaint in Switzerland.
Why it matters: Infantino has two weeks to produce answers spanning alleged undisclosed salary payments, a Trump Tower lease with Eric Trump, and the circumstances of Trump's intervention in the Balogun ban case. UEFA has already escalated to US court filings and threatened a Swiss criminal complaint — meaning this internal governance fight could become cross-continental legal warfare if FIFA misses the 2 November deadline.
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