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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Hughes

Gianni Infantino ready to accept demands for larger payouts from $6bn reserves

Gianni Infantino waves to the crowd during the Under-20 Women’s World Cup final
Gianni Infantino has pledged to ‘support the greatest level of additional funding’. Photograph: Andrea Amato/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, is poised to bow to demands from Uefa and Concacaf to distribute more money from its $6bn cash reserves to member associations.

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.

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