Infantino at FIFA: Molina maintains that Diallo secretly supports the president

Romain Molina maintains his accusations against Philippe Diallo: the president of the French Football Federation would allegedly support behind the scenes the re-election of Gianni Infantino as head of FIFA, scheduled for March 2027, while publicly displaying the opposite position.

The controversy escalated after Molina published a video on his YouTube channel on Friday, the result according to him of an investigation into the FFF’s real positioning on the Infantino matter. The FIFA president, in office for ten years, has been under pressure since the revelation of his plan to sell shares of the World Cup to private investors, a plan that has sparked boycott threats from several European federations, including France.

Daniel Riolo had nonetheless delivered an opposing version on Tuesday evening. According to him, Philippe Diallo is waiting for the FFF Executive Committee meeting on September 8 to officially confirm that France will not vote for Infantino in the presidential election. “He will even be a major opponent, just like all the European countries that have threatened a boycott,” he had stated.

Molina directly responded to this version on his social networks, targeting the media employer of Riolo. “The FFF organized a crisis meeting because of Diallo’s hidden support for Infantino. However, several media outlets swallow the communication from Image 7, the federation’s service provider, to say it’s not true — when the FFF hasn’t even officially denied it,” he wrote.

The journalist, author of several books on football, concluded unambiguously: “I maintain and stand by it: Diallo is working behind the scenes for Infantino but he just doesn’t want it to be known too loudly because UEFA holds it against him. Poor hypocritical French football.”

The FFF has so far published no official denial. The French position on the FIFA presidential election should in theory become clearer after the Executive Committee meeting on September 8.