The UEFA's actions are seen as 'little more than press releases aimed at supporting the campaign of denigration led by the UEFA against the FIFA and its leaders', the FIFA claims. The dispute centres around the FIFA Forward Enterprise project, which was unveiled in July and aimed to allow private investors into the World Cup. The UEFA was quick to criticise the initiative, and the FIFA eventually dropped the plan. However, the UEFA is now preparing a lawsuit against Infantino for 'detrimental management'.
The UEFA has announced its intention to file a complaint in Swiss law, but the FIFA contests this strategy. The FIFA argues that the UEFA does not have the right to demand internal documents until a criminal procedure is launched, and that it would not have the right to act anyway, having suffered no financial damage. The UEFA, however, believes that the project aimed to allow Infantino and a small circle of close friends, including Joshua Kushner, to acquire a permanent participation in the most valuable assets of the FIFA and to benefit from them, to the detriment of the FIFA, its members and other actors in the football family.
The FIFA and the UEFA are now locked in a bitter dispute, with the FIFA accusing the UEFA of trying to undermine its leadership. The UEFA, however, is determined to pursue its case against Infantino.