UEFA’s Ceferin says FIFA trust still broken after Infantino investment row

UEFA president speaks for the first time since FIFA said it would review its decision-making, says trust still broken.UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says trust in world football has not ⁠been restored following the collapse of FIFA’s controversial private investment plan.The remarks, made in a video address to the ⁠Portugal Football Summit on Wednesday, were Ceferin’s first public comments since FIFA president Gianni Infantino offered a review of the governing body’s decision-making.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Afghan cyclist who escaped Taliban wins Asian Games silver medallist 2 of 4The return of Palestinian football: ‘We are a people who must live’list 3 of 4La Liga President Tebas slams Real Madrid refereeing ‘conspiracy’ claimslist 4 of 4‘Disgraceful’: Did India bully umpires to win Japan T20 cricket match?end of listCeferin said unity, transparency and governance that served the wider game were essential to maintaining trust in football. “Yet not everyone places the game above their own ambitions.”“Trust in our sport rests on three pillars: unity, transparency, and governance that serves the many, not the few. ‌In recent times, all three were disregarded by people who had sworn to protect them.“The project that shattered the unity of world football may be abolished, but the trust it broke has not returned, and repairing it is our work now.”Ceferin did not name Infantino or FIFA, but his comments were an apparent reference to the abandoned proposal to sell a 20 percent stake in FIFA’s commercial rights, including the World Cup, to private investors. The plan ⁠was dropped in July after fierce opposition from UEFA, the Asian Football ⁠Confederation and the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).“Football is not for sale,” Ceferin said. “That is the message UEFA has carried for years, and I’m certain this summit will carry it further.”His intervention came two days after Infantino sought to address the fallout in a letter ⁠to the FIFA Council and the presidents of all 211 member associations.