STOCKHOLM — Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) President Lise Klaveness called for the resignation of FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday, saying that he no longer had the confidence of the football community.
“He does not have the institutional trust required to govern FIFA stably in the times we are in. There is no going back for Gianni Infantino,” Klaveness told reporters following the NFF’s monthly board meeting.
“The international football cooperation is very much in trouble, and we must have a reason to get together now, and we want to ask the FIFA president to resign now,” Klaveness added according to Reuters.
The comments come amid the ongoing bitter conflict among governing bodies sparked by FIFA’s abandoned proposal to sell a slice of the World Cup’s commercial future, and the Norwegians are hoping that other UEFA countries will row in behind their call for Infantino to step down.
