因蒂诺无视副主席反对 出席加勒比青年足球赛

FIFA主席吉亚尼·因蒂诺无视副主席维克托·蒙塔尼亚利的劝阻，仍于8月10日出席了加勒比足球联盟在多米尼加蓬塔卡纳举办的U14足球锦标赛 1。蒙塔尼亚利在8月9日致函因蒂诺，要求他不要参加该赛事，担心他的出席会转移媒体焦点 1。因蒂诺随后在Instagram上分享了出席该活动的照片 1。

蒙塔尼亚利的顾虑源于因蒂诺备受争议的商业计划。因蒂诺曾秘密策划将FIFA价值数十亿美元的商业活动分拆给由约书亚·库什纳领导的投资者部分拥有的子公司，该方案涉及20%的股权转让 1。虽然因蒂诺于8月1日撤回了这一项目，但其首席运营官凯文·拉穆尔随后发表批评声明，并在本周遭到解雇 1。

因蒂诺目前面临来自多方的反对。蒙塔尼亚利与欧洲足联主席亚历山大·塞费林和亚足联主席谢赫·萨尔曼·本·易卜拉欣·阿勒哈利法联合发起行动，寻求结束因蒂诺的主席职位 1。因蒂诺计划在明年3月于摩洛哥拉巴特举行的FIFA选举中寻求连任，争取第四个任期至2031年，报名截止日期为11月18日 1。

FIFA President Gianni Infantino proceeded with attending a Caribbean youth soccer tournament on Saturday, disregarding a direct request from FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani to stay away 1. Montagliani had written to Infantino on Friday, August 9, urging him not to participate in the Caribbean Football Union's under-14 championship held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, citing concerns that the president's attendance could divert media attention 1. Infantino posted photos of the event on Instagram, confirming his participation despite the warning 1.

The disputed appearance underscores escalating tensions within FIFA leadership over Infantino's controversial attempt to restructure the organization's commercial operations. The FIFA president had secretly planned to carve out a portion of FIFA's multibillion-dollar business portfolio into a subsidiary partly owned by investors connected to Joshua Kushner, allocating 20 percent equity to the arrangement 1. Infantino withdrew the proposal on August 1, but the scheme sparked fierce opposition from multiple FIFA vice presidents, including European Football Association President Aleksander Ceferin and Asian Football Confederation President Sheik Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, who are now collaborating to end Infantino's 11-year tenure as president 1. His former Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Lamour, issued a critical statement following the plan's withdrawal and was subsequently terminated this week 1.

Infantino is pursuing reelection in March 2025 at FIFA's congress in Rabat, Morocco, with a nomination deadline of November 18, aiming to secure a fourth term extending through 2031 1. The Caribbean Football Union receives up to five million dollars per World Cup cycle from FIFA 1.