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UEFA says FIFA boycott remains despite Infantino World Cup selloff U-turn
European football's governing body says FIFA has not met conditions to end the boycott of their return to global game.
The standoff between UEFA and FIFA has not softened. Despite Gianni Infantino's apparent reversal on the World Cup selloff, European football's governing body says the conditions for ending its boycott remain unmet.
This is not a gesture of goodwill. It is a statement of leverage. UEFA is signaling that a single policy retreat does not reset the relationship, and that the structural grievances run deeper than one proposal.
For those watching the governance of global sport, the message is clear: the boycott is a tool, not a grudge. It stays in place until the terms change, not merely the rhetoric.