Gianni Infantino was once re-elected as FIFA president all through the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising document revenues within the subsequent four-year cycle of $11 billion as he referred to as for extra soccer to be performed all over the world.
Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of soccer’s governing frame a formality, although he isn’t universally in style amongst member associations for a spread of causes, together with pushing for a failed plan to play the World Cup each and every two years.
“It is an incredible honor and privilege, and a great responsibility,” Infantino stated. “I promise to proceed serving FIFA and soccer all over the world.
“To those that love me, and I know there are many, and those who hate me… I love you all.”
Infantino showed FIFA’s source of revenue hit document ranges within the closing cycle from 2019-22, however promised to boost this considerably once more at the again of expanded males’s and girls’s World Cup tournaments and the creation of a 32-team Club World Cup.
“Revenues rose to a record $7.5 billion (to 2022) in a period that was hit by COVID-19. When I arrived, FIFA reserves stood at around $1 billion, today they are at almost $4 billion,” Infantino stated.
“We promise new record revenues for the next cycle of $11 billion, and the new Club World Cup is not included in that figure, so it could increase by a couple of billion (more).”
Infantino stated FIFA would proceed to check the switch machine to “improve transparency” and urged the group would possibly talk about a wage cap.
“We should give a boost to our laws and the FIFA statutes. We will proceed to adapt our excellent governance ideas and have a look at the switch machine, and perhaps have a dialogue to give a boost to transparency of switch charges and salaries.
“It might be necessary to introduce a cap, we have to think how we can do that. We will look at it with all stakeholders and see what we can do.”
Infantino was once first elected in an Extraordinary Congress in 2016 following the resignation of his predecessor Sepp Blatter, and retained his place unopposed 3 years later.
But this counts as his 2d time period of place of job and he’ll due to this fact be to be had for a 3rd and ultimate time period in 4 years’ time.