FIFA’s top brass are under fire as UEFA and CONCACAF leaders launch a bold financial gambit, demanding $10 million extra per federation from FIFA’s $6 billion post-World Cup surplus — a direct challenge to President Infantino’s controversial plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors. With the presidential election looming, the move is a strategic power play aimed at ousting Infantino before or at the March vote, while reassuring federations that existing funding promises remain intact. Meanwhile, Asian football has joined the criticism, deepening a rift across confederations and raising the stakes in what could be the most turbulent FIFA election in years.

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