UEFA and CONCACAF have appealed to FIFA to contribute a minimum of $10 million from its reserves to each of the football body’s 211 member associations for the 2027-30 cycle.
The pair urged Fifa to make the payments in a letter sent to its president, Gianni Infantino, which said the organisation’s current financial position was sufficient for a one-off payout. UEFA and Concacaf said such a payment would be around $2.11bn.
They indicated the money would be in addition to Fifa’s regular funding over the cycle.
The letter explained that the group expected Fifa to end the current cycle (2023-26) with net assets of close to $6bn, far more than was necessary to deliver the next World Cup in 2030.
The move came after disagreements over Infantino’s proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan, which would have seen FIFA create a company that would sell the rights to run commercial and ticketing elements of FIFA tournaments, with 21% sold to an investment firm.
The FFFE was abandoned after four days following opposition from national associations. The UEFA and CONCACAF request was also made ahead of FIFA’s upcoming Council meeting on October 15 and comes as Infantino campaigns to be re-elected as the organisation’s leader for a fourth term in March.
The Football Association’s chair, Debbie Hewitt, recently asked FIFA to provide documentation about the FFE plan.
