FIFA urged to distribute $2.1b from reserves to member associations

LONDON: FIFA should distribute at least $2.1 billion from its financial reserves to its 211 member associations for football development, two senior officials have urged in a letter to Gianni Infantino, the organization’s president. UEFA’s President Aleksander Ceferin and CONCACAF’s President Victor Montagliani, both FIFA vice presidents, have called for an independent review of FIFA’s finances and proposed that recommendations on releasing funds be submitted to the FIFA Council at its next meet

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