New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) revealed during the Executive Committee meeting on Monday, September 19, 2022, that the President of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, is likely to visit India next month.
The FIFA President Gianni Infantino will also call upon the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to discuss the way forward for Indian Football.
AIFF issued a statement after the Executive Committee meeting on Monday. The official statement read, “At the start of the meeting, the members were informed that the FIFA President Mr Gianni Infantino may travel to India in the last week of October, to call upon Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to discuss the way forward for Indian football.”
Infantino’s expected visit will coincide with the final leg of the FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup that will be hosted by India between October 11 and October 30, 2022.
Talking about the meeting, AIFF Secretary-General, Shaji Prabhakaran said, “AIFF President briefed the executive committee on the deliberations that took place with the FIFA president and also the possibility of him meeting our Prime Minister which would be updated once it’s scheduled.”
“That would be an important day once the FIFA president meets our honourable Prime Minister. They would be making some announcements which would be path-breaking,” he added.
It was the second executive committee meeting of the new dispensation headed by President Kalyan Chaubey and Secretary-General, Prabhakaran.
(Avya Mathur)