Infantino faces fight over Fifa review scope

Fifa council members want the abandoned World Cup sell-off plan and the Balogun affair dragged into Infantino's proposed governance review.

What happened. Fifa council members will demand that Gianni Infantino include the abandoned World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun affair in his proposed external review of Fifa's governance. Infantino told all 211 member associations in a Monday letter that he would ask council to commission a review of Fifa's governance framework for major strategic initiatives at its next meeting in Zurich on 15 October.

• Infantino says the review letter has been well received
• He faces an internal battle over the review's terms of reference
• Council wants the failed sell-off plan and Balogun affair covered

The terms of reference will be contested at the 15 October council meeting in Zurich, shaping how far the review can reach.

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