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A day after his barely veiled threat that Spain could pull out of the 2030 World Cup, LaLiga president Javier Tebas now says the final will be played in Morocco as long as Gianni Infantino remains at the helm of FIFA. It is the latest move in the same strategy: drawing the battle over the final into the power struggle between FIFA and UEFA and ratcheting up pressure on the head of world football’s governing body.

The FRMF president discussed Morocco’s World Cup ambitions, his position on Gianni Infantino’s FIFA presidency, the 2025 AFCON final controversy and his own future in football and politics.

European football officials are expected to discuss the threat on Thursday, while UEFA and its allies continue efforts to challenge Gianni Infantino’s leadership of FIFA.

The former Cameroon striker says Infantino has helped African football develop and given more countries opportunities to compete at the World Cup.

Hungarian football federation chief Sandor Csanyi says he has lost confidence in the FIFA president, citing political decisions, a private investment plan and the unexpected dismissal of senior official Kevin Lamour.

FIFA’s director of operations has left the governing body after publicly criticizing Gianni Infantino’s proposal to open the organization to private investors, a plan that was later abandoned.

New Zealand Football says FIFA decisions have contributed to a breakdown in trust as Infantino faces growing opposition ahead of next year’s presidential election.

Six presidents of Arab football federations, including Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), have expressed their support for Gianni Infantino in a joint statement.

Despite FIFA’s decision to abandon its plan to bring in outside investors, UEFA has not changed its position. The European governing body said on Thursday, August 6, that its boycott of FIFA competitions, including the World Cups, remains in effect.