SOUTH American soccer leaders have given their backing to Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as FIFA president as they prepare a four-nation bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
Infantino, who is now in Qatar ahead of the World Cup, went to Paraguay to take part in a CONMEBOL council meeting attended by the leaders of the 10 associations.
“After a conversation about the current reality and the future scenario for South American and global soccer, the associated members to CONMEBOL gave their unanimous support to Infantino,” the 10-nation soccer body said in a statement Tuesday.
Infantino will seek re-election at the FIFA Congress on March 16 in Kigali, Rwanda.
No candidate has yet emerged to challenge Infantino. There is a deadline of Nov. 16 to enter the contest.
South American support for Infantino is a sign both sides have moved past any fallout from CONMEBOL’s rejection of the FIFA president’s failed
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