UEFA, FIFA, Gianni Infantino and Theodore Theodoridis
19 October 2026
UEFA has demanded that FIFA release key governance documents and answer 42 questions by 2 November. The request follows Gianni Infantino’s apology over FIFA’s abandoned World Cup private-investment proposal, with European football officials arguing that significant questions about accountability remain unanswered.
UEFA sent FIFA an eight-page document seeking explanations about the FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, its dealings with Thrive Capital, the FIFA Peace Prize, Folarin Balogun’s overturned World Cup suspension and several financial arrangements. UEFA also questioned how decisions were made without appropriate FIFA Council involvement. The governing body has not specified what action it would take if FIFA misses the deadline. FIFA had not responded to the new request in the supplied report.