FIFA offers Council access to abandoned World Cup plan documents

FIFA has offered its Council members conditional access to documents about the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, while it has yet to provide UEFA with a substantive response to the questions the European body submitted about the plan and other governance matters. Secretary General Mattias Grafström told Council members they could review key FFE documents in person at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, under confidentiality conditions. Members must register by November 16 to arrange access. The offer does not specify which documents will be available, and the material is not being released publicly. The registration deadline falls two days before November 18, when nominations are due for candidates seeking to challenge President Gianni Infantino in next year’s election. FIFA is scheduled to hold the presidential vote in March 2027. No confirmed challenger is identified in the reports. UEFA set November 2 as the deadline for FIFA to answer questions and provide supporting documents. That deadline passed without a substantive response. Grafström said the volume of questions made the requested turnaround impractical and that FIFA was preparing a response to share with Council...