“Before the uncontested elections, Infantino had the audacity to send questionnaires to the federation to find out who they see as candidates” – Aminov

International football expert Alisher Aminov said in an interview with that the upcoming FIFA presidential elections will be an empty formality, since their outcome has already been decided.

On March 16, the FIFA Congress will be held in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, during which current FIFA chief Gianni Infantino will receive an extension of presidential powers for the next four years. There are no other candidates for the position, as in previous elections in 2019.

– 211 member countries of FIFA since 2016 cannot nominate a single competitor to the incumbent president. It’s a bad systemic trend. April 5 will host the UEFA Congress in Lisbon. There will also be the only candidate for the post of Alexander Čeferin – Čeferin himself. A not too famous world football official who came to power with the support of Infantino. Bahraini Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa, I remind you, has been the head of the Asian confederation since 2013 and is also elected on a non-competitive basis. There are 8 billion people on the planet, and it turns out there’s no one else to rule the game. People come together for some reason, officially vote, issues are not resolved, all boils and tumors remain in place.

– Do the rivals of the Swiss not want to vote or are they not allowed to?

– Will not. Even the best footballing countries are silent. At the same time, Infantino has had the audacity to send questionnaires to national federations asking them to indicate who they see as candidates. And then there were calls from FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samura with a clear focus on Infantino,” the correspondent quoted Aminov as saying.

Infantino has been at the helm of FIFA since 2016.