- Fifa Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom has invited Fifa Council members to Zurich to inspect confidential documents concerning Gianni Infantino's abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal under strict privacy conditions.
- The controversial proposal, which sought to sell a minority stake in a new $20bn entity managing World Cup commercial rights to private investors, was scrapped in August following rejections from three confederations and a boycott threat from Uefa.
- The document disclosure follows a formal letter from Uefa demanding clarity on 42 areas of concern, including why exclusivity was awarded to Thrive Capital, an investment firm founded by Joshua Kushner, brother of United States President Donald Trump's son-in-law.
- Fifa deemed Uefa's two-week deadline to address all queries unfeasible due to US legal boundaries and operational priorities, though a wider response to council members is expected in due course.
- Tensions between the football bodies continue to build ahead of the 18 November candidacy deadline, with Uefa pledging to identify a credible alternative candidate to oppose Infantino in next March's presidential election.
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