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European football leaders were gathering Wednesday with time pressing to find a candidate and shape their strategy for trying to oust Gianni Infantino as president of FIFA.
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time → gather → FIFA
UEFA has called its 55 member federations to a previously scheduled summit on Thursday in Berlin that arrives in the midst of European efforts to get a new leader for football’s world body.
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that → call → body
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Messi → sign → Morocco
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Infantino’s divisive World Cup private investment plan – that failed within days of being revealed in July – pushed UEFA to act on longstanding mistrust of its former employee’s increasingly executive presidency at FIFA.
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that → fail → FIFA
UEFA’s longer-term plans include preparing a criminal complaint against Infantino in Switzerland for possible financial mismanagement in the World Cup sell-off deal.
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plans → include → deal
It has asked courts in the United States to authorise discovery of evidence.
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It → ask → evidence
“Somewhere along the way things went too far with FIFA, and we’re looking to put things back where they belong,” UEFA general-secretary Theodore Theodoridis said last month.
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Theodoridis → go → things
Europe’s 55 count for more than a quarter of FIFA’s 211 member federations that can vote in the election on March 18 in Rabat, Morocco.
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that → vote → Rabat
Research by The Associated Press news agency suggests Infantino already has about 90 votes pledged – albeit before any potential opponent is known.
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Still, UEFA is not a united bloc.
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UEFA → unite → ?
Infantino has support promised from Azerbaijan, the home country of a close aide, and Latvia.
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Infantino → have → aide
On Wednesday he met with football and government officials in the Czech capital Prague.
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he → meet → capital
First, UEFA and its allies worldwide need to agree on at least one candidate to challenge Infantino by the November 18 deadline to enter the race.
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UEFA → need → race
Which football leaders have been seen as potential candidates?
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leaders → see → candidates
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin was joined in August by his fellow FIFA vice presidents from Asia and North America in denouncing Infantino for deception and breach of trust over the World Cup sell-off plan.
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Ceferin → join → plan
Still, neither Ceferin nor his counterparts at the AFC and CONCACAF, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Victor Montagliani of Canada, currently look set to be on the FIFA ballot.
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Ceferin → look → ballot
Ceferin has long dismissed any talk of himself running to lead FIFA, though he said last month at UEFA meetings in Greece there were “many, many” potential candidates.
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he → dismiss → Greece
Montagliani is expected to focus on his own re-election at CONCACAF in February.
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Montagliani → expect → February
He had been favourite in a five-man campaign that Infantino eventually won in February 2016.
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Infantino → win → February
Speculation has often pointed to Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a close ally of Ceferin.
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Speculation → point → Ceferin
The Qatari member of UEFA’s executive committee ruled himself out last week at a meeting of the influential European Football Clubs group he leads.
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he → rule → group
Infantino is part of UEFA’s focus in Berlin for the biennial business meeting of top executives from its member federations, which can debate policy, strategy and international football competitions.
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which → debate → policy
The meeting is expected to discuss proposals for a more transparent FIFA and a presidential candidate willing to commit to those reforms.
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meeting → expect → reforms
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