‘The emperor is naked’: UEFA’s Ceferin takes aim at FIFA boss Infantino

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin called the situation ‘the emperor is naked’ in a sharp attack on FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his failed plan to sell a stake in FIFA's commercial rights to private investors. Speaking at the European Football Clubs General Assembly in Copenhagen, Ceferin used Hans Christian Andersen’s story to criticize FIFA’s defense of the shelved FIFA Forward Enterprise project, which was abandoned after widespread opposition. He challenged FIFA’s use of words like ‘development’ and ‘consultation,’ suggesting they masked uncomfortable realities about selling football’s future.