La Liga's Tebas Urges Infantino to Quit Before 4th FIFA Term
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 21
La Liga's Tebas Urges Infantino to Quit Before 4th FIFA Term
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 21
Summary
Javier Tebas said Gianni Infantino should step down, arguing FIFA is "destroying the football industry" even as the president is expected to win a fourth term at March's congress.
The La Liga chief tied that criticism to recent World Cup decisions, including mandatory hydration breaks, a 27-minute 22-second final halftime show and talk of a future 64-team tournament.
Tebas also pointed to the postponed suspension of 25-year-old U.S. striker Folarin Balogun, saying the intervention-backed decision could have cost Infantino his job had the United States advanced.
UEFA had already called the Balogun ruling "unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable," underscoring a wider clash between FIFA's World Cup expansion plans and domestic leagues that Tebas says sustain tens of thousands of jobs.