国际足联于8月4日发布声明，否认主席因凡蒂诺在世界杯商业权益出售计划受挫后寻求美国总统特朗普政府支持的报道。[1]国际足联在声明中明确表示："国际足联主席因凡蒂诺近日未曾致电美国总统特朗普或其政府任何成员。相关报道纯属虚构。"[1]
因凡蒂诺于8月1日凌晨宣布放弃成立商业子公司并出售世界杯等旗下赛事部分股权的提案。[1]该计划此前遭到欧足联等多个洲际足联及国际足联内部的反对。[1]因凡蒂诺在2025年12月曾向特朗普颁发首届"国际足联和平奖"，特朗普成为该奖项的首位获得者。[1]2026年世界杯将由美国、墨西哥和加拿大联合举办。[1]
FIFA issued a statement on August 4 denying claims that President Gianni Infantino had reached out to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for backing following the collapse of a World Cup commercial rights sale plan [1]. In an official statement, FIFA declared: "FIFA President Gianni Infantino has not recently called President Trump or any member of his government. Such reports are entirely fabricated" [1].
Infantino announced the abandonment of the proposal in the early hours of August 1, ending plans to establish a commercial subsidiary and sell partial stakes in World Cup and other FIFA-run tournaments [1]. The initiative had faced opposition from UEFA and other continental federations as well as from within FIFA itself [1]. Infantino presented Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Award in December 2025, making the incoming U.S. president the award's first recipient [1]. The 2026 World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada [1].