Infantino set to stay, but FIFA faces new war over power

Senior figures in world football increasingly see the crisis shifting towards a struggle over the terms of his continued presidency.

File photo dated 05-12-2025 of FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Pic Sam Corum/PA Wire.

The battle to force Gianni Infantino out of FIFA may be nearly all over just a few weeks after his opponents thought they would dethrone the president of world soccer's governing body, but the war over how much power he can exercise may only be beginning.

Senior figures in world football increasingly see the crisis triggered by Infantino's abandoned private-investment ​plan shifting away from the question of succession and towards a struggle over the terms of his continued presidency.