- Letter seeks Brussels meeting with Micallef over FIFA governance concerns, sources say
- Six Nordic associations last month called for independent FFE investigation and broader FIFA governance review PARIS, Sept 2 – The football associations of Finland, Sweden and Denmark have written to European Commissioner for Sport Glenn Micallef seeking a meeting over concerns about governance at FIFA, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. The letter was signed by Finnish FA President Ari Lahti, Denmark’s Jesper Moller and Sweden’s Simon Astrom, the sources told Reuters.
Its main purpose was to request a meeting in Brussels between Micallef and the three federation presidents to discuss recent developments at FIFA and broader concerns over how world football is governed, one of the sources said.
The federations raised concerns over transparency, consultation and decision-making at FIFA and pointed in particular to the now-abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, according to the sources.
The six Nordic associations — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands — said last month that they had lost confidence in Infantino and called for an independent investigation into the FFE proposal and a broader external review of FIFA governance.
The Nordic federations believe the prospect of private investors acquiring interests in FIFA competitions and commercial activities, coupled with what they see as insufficient transparency and consultation around the proposal, raises broader questions about control over the future of the global game, the sources said.
