This move comes as no surprise, but it is now official: France is opposed to Infantino's re-election as FIFA president at the global instance's electoral congress on 18 March in Rabat, Morocco. Diallo has been privately expressing his desire to drop Infantino, following the lead of a dozen European countries, including England and Italy, who have already done so in recent weeks.
Diallo's opposition to Infantino's project to sell shares of the World Cup to private funds controlled by Donald Trump's close associates is well-documented. He has also contested the low FIFA allocations for the selections during the last World Cup, pointing out that the World Cup champion selection received a dotation that is two times less than the dotation received by Chelsea during the Mondial des clubs.
As a member of the UEFA executive committee, Diallo remains in line with the European instance and its president, Aleksander Ceferin, who is determined to remove Infantino and is a candidate for re-election within the European instance in six months.