It was clear that Gianni Infantino had a clever plan in his FIFA Forward Enterprise project; If the support of at least 106 of the 211 members had been approved, their salary income would have gone straight through the roof.
To go no further, the president of the organization – who receives, according to unofficial data, a salary of 5 million dollars per year – would have gone down the drain, as it is commonly said, since his earnings would have tripled.
Without a doubt, Infantino's intention was not so innocent. Less so in an ecosystem where so many economic and political interests move, to the point of wanting to convince affiliates that their FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) project was the panacea of the century and that it would generate millionaire income for the 211 nations never seen before.
But in life not everything that glitters is gold. With this plan, Infantino was going to practically sell his soul to the devil: the entry of external investors would have taken away the autonomy of the organization to decide the future of its own powers.
By the time they had approved that investment to organize their tournaments – including the World Cups, after the success of the 2026 edition in the United States, Mexico and Canada – ambition would have led them directly to failure.
Especially because outside investors were not going to open their wallets for the love of art or an altruistic spirit; On the contrary, they would demand a large slice of those 20 billion dollars that FIFA would supposedly have in profits.
The version of the stratospheric salary
For now, the English newspaper The Times revealed that, within the shell of the FFE project, Infantino intended to assume the position of executive director (CEO) of the new company with a salary of tens of millions of dollars.
Even journalist Martyn Ziegler revealed that the FIFA boss was aiming for a salary of 30 million dollars per year. However, after the proposal was slammed, his permanence in the presidency of the governing body of international football today hangs by a thread.
The slam of the door on his proposal
Since the FIFA Forward Enterprise project was leaked, the confederations' rejection was unanimous. Organizations such as UEFA, Concacaf, CAF and Conmebol publicly drew their line, a pressure that forced Infantino to announce the definitive cancellation of the project last Friday.
Now, the head of FIFA faces serious questions about his permanence. There are those who claim that he is living his last hours in the presidential chair, while the versions of how many millions the Swiss Gianni Infantino intended to put into his pocket continue to circulate in the air.
