Infantino eyed an XXL salary with his FFE project (The Times)

Revelations keep coming!

As the hours go by, more and more is being revealed about the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) project, which has now been scrapped by FIFA.

According to revelations from The Times, Gianni Infantino could have earned an annual salary of $30 million, or around €26 million, if he had taken charge of FIFA’s future commercial company.

As a reminder, FIFA published its financial report in June 2026, which showed that Gianni Infantino received $4.6 million during 2025. The FIFA president would therefore have benefited from a 525% salary increase if the FFE project had been approved.

A colossal sum that has reignited criticism surrounding a project that was ultimately abandoned under pressure from several major confederations, including UEFA, Concacaf, and the AFC.

For its critics, FFE would have opened the door to ever-increasing commercialization of world football.

FIFA, however, rejects these accusations. The governing body insists that this initiative had only one goal: to increase commercial revenue in order to boost the funds redistributed to its 211 member associations, and not to “sell football.”

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