His time is up: La Liga chief Javier Tebas urges FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign

La Liga President Javier Tebas has publicly urged FIFA President Gianni Infantino to step down, asserting that his tenure has concluded. Tebas expressed a lack of confidence in the current FIFA leadership structure, suggesting it actively discourages any serious challenges to Infantino's position.

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In my opinion, yes, I think his time is up. He shouldn't stay, but the current state of affairs means he won't leave.

"In my opinion, yes, I think his time is up. He shouldn't stay, but the current state of affairs means he won't leave," Tebas stated, according to Reuters. He further elaborated that while many individuals within the football world privately oppose Infantino's decisions, they are unwilling to voice their dissent publicly due to the perceived flaws in FIFA's system, which he described as "flawed from the ground up."

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There's no opposition candidate; no one wants to run to lose. This is the system, and it's a system that's flawed from the ground up. I've heard a lot of people against Infantino, who don't agree with what he's doing. They say it, but then they don't do anything.

Tebas pointed to FIFA's decision to overturn a one-match suspension for U.S. striker Folarin Balogun after his red card at the World Cup as a particularly "extremely serious matter." He suggested that FIFA was fortunate the United States was eliminated by Belgium, as the controversy could have escalated and potentially impacted Infantino's position. Tebas characterized this incident as merely "the tip of the iceberg" concerning broader issues with FIFA's governance and decision-making processes.

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The suspension of the American player's ban is an extremely serious matter. They were lucky that Belgium eliminated the U.S., because otherwise a case could have arisen that might have cost Infantino his job. Since Belgium won, they managed to bury the matter. But these things are just the tip of the iceberg.