正准备向欧洲足联和中北美足联的要求作出让步,从国际足联60亿美元的现金储备中向会员协会拨付更多资金。
is poised to bow to demands from Uefa and Concacaf to distribute more money from its $6bn cash reserves to member associations.
因凡蒂诺周一致函全部六位洲际足联主席,并抄送国际足联理事会成员,表示愿意“支持最高额度的额外拨款”,但尚未承诺按提议向每个会员提供1000万美元。
In a letter sent on Monday to all six confederation presidents and copied to members of the Fifa council, Infantino indicated his willingness to “support the greatest level of additional funding”, without committing to the $10m-per-member that has been proposed.
因凡蒂诺是在回应欧洲足联主席亚历山大·切费林和中北美足联主席维克托·蒙塔利亚尼本月早些时候联名发出的一封信。两人要求国际足联在2027年至2030年商业周期内,向全部211个会员协会额外拨付至少1000万美元。随后,亚洲足联主席萨勒曼·本·易卜拉欣·阿利哈利法在另一封信中表示支持这一要求。
Infantino was responding to a joint letter sent by the Uefa and Concacaf presidents Aleksander Ceferin and Victor Montagliani, earlier this month, who called for an additional payout for all of Fifa’s 211 members of at least $10m during the 2027-2030 commercial cycle, a demand which was subsequently endorsed in a separate letter from the Asian Football Confederation president, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.
因凡蒂诺表示,在秘书长马蒂亚斯·格拉夫斯特伦汇总相关建议后,国际足联理事会将在10月15日举行的下次会议上审议各位主席的提议。根据因凡蒂诺已经放弃的国际足联前进计划(FFE)草案条款,各会员协会将在未来四年周期内获得额外2000万美元;如果在已于上周届满的53天期限内完成报名还将再获得2000万美元。
Infantino said the presidents’ proposals will be considered by the Fifa council during its next meeting on October 15, after the secretary general, Mattias Grafström, has consolidated the suggestions. Under the proposed terms of Infantino’s abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme the member associations would have received an additional $20m during the next four-year cycle, plus a further payment of $20m had they signed up before a 53-day deadline that would have expired last week.
“我不会预先确定金额,”因凡蒂诺在信中写道,“我将支持通过国际足联规范治理程序能够负责任地提供的最高额度额外拨款公平落实,并辅以透明且可审计的安排。这一愿景值得欢迎,但现在必须有充分的财务依据、完善的治理和有效的执行来提供支撑。
“I will not prejudge the amount,” Infantino wrote in the letter. “I will support the greatest level of additional funding that can responsibly be delivered through Fifa’s proper governance process, applied fairly and supported by transparent and auditable arrangements. The ambition is welcome. The financial evidence, governance and implementation must now support it.
“一个数字可以开启讨论,但无法完成一项全球性政策。因此,我已指示秘书长将所有提交的意见整合成一份综合评估,供国际足联理事会于2026年10月15日审议。”
“A single figure can begin the discussion, but it cannot complete a global policy. I have therefore instructed the Secretary General to consolidate all submissions into one integrated assessment for consideration by the Fifa council on 15 October 2026.”
因凡蒂诺还在信中再次为自己在FFE项目中的作用辩护。他声称,该项目旨在增加国际足联对足球运动的投入。他写道:“最近提出的一项商业方案现已撤回,该方案的本意是让国际足联能够加大 对足球运动的投入,而不是取代利用现有资源能够负责任地提供的支持。”
Infantino also used the letter to mount another defence of his role in FFE which he claimed was an attempt to increase Fifa’s investment in football. “The recent commercial proposal, now withdrawn, was intended to enable Fifa to invest more in football – not to replace support that could responsibly be provided from existing resources,” he wrote.
“我欢迎你们每一封信中所体现的建设性善意。我们对最佳前进路径的看法或许有所不同,但我毫不怀疑,我们每个人都想看到对国际足联、其会员协会以及足球运动最有利的局面。”
“I welcome the constructive intent reflected in each of your letters. We may differ on the best route forward, but I have no doubt that each of us wants what is best for Fifa, its member associations and football.”