--- title: "Luis Figo calls for Gianni Infantino to resign over FIFA sell-off plans" description: "Most outlets led with Luis Figo’s demand for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign, citing the controversial sell-off of FIFA’s commercial assets as the primary reason. Arab News Pakistan described Infantino as “deceitful” and emphasized the pressure he faces, while The News International focused on the failed divestment strategy and Figo’s public stance. Both excerpts highlight Figo’s criticism but differ in tone and framing of Infantino’s conduct." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1945-luis-figo-calls-on-president-gianni-infantino-to-resign-over site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Luis Figo calls for Gianni Infantino to resign over FIFA sell-off plans latest filing 5 Aug 2026, 8:45 PM PKT · 5 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with Luis Figo’s demand for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign, citing the controversial sell-off of FIFA’s commercial assets as the primary reason. Arab News Pakistan described Infantino as “deceitful” and emphasized the pressure he faces, while The News International focused on the failed divestment strategy and Figo’s public stance. Both excerpts highlight Figo’s criticism but differ in tone and framing of Infantino’s conduct. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The News International** — [Luis Figo calls on president Gianni Infantino to resign over controversial FIFA sell-off plans](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1411350-luis-figo-calls-on-president-gianni-infantino-to-resign-over-controversial-fifa-sell-off-plans) · 5 Aug 2026, 8:45 PM PKT > Former Portugal great Luis Figo has publicly called for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign immediately after the collapse of a disputed divestment strategy to sell off stakes in FIFA’s commercial assets.The 53-year-old who was a candidate for the FIFA presidency in 2015 before... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [‘Deceitful’ Infantino ‘must go’ says Luis Figo](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2653499/sport) · 5 Aug 2026, 5:08 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > LONDON: Former Real Madrid and Barcelona star Luis Figo has called for “deceitful” Gianni Infantino to quit as pressure mounts on the under-fire FIFA president. Infantino is fighting to save his job after a fierce backlash against his plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup. The 56-year-old wanted to sell a 20 percent stake in the World Cup to private equity investors through his FIFA Forward ... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Norwegian Football Federation calls for Infantino's resignation amid support wave](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2247-call-for-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-to-resign-comes) · 8 Aug 2026 · 5 outlets · 2 developments · 79% related - [FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces leadership and personal allegations](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2358-fifa-controversy) · 9 Aug 2026 · 8 outlets · 78% related - [Former UEFA chief Platini calls for FIFA president Infantino to step down](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5673-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-must-go-argues-former-uefa) · 31 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 78% related - [Wales withdraws support for Infantino’s FIFA re-election bid](https://harzaviya.com/stories/779-fifa-proposes-selling-stakes-in-world-cup-subsidiary-faces) · 4 Aug 2026 · 13 outlets · 8 developments · 77% related - [UEFA chief says not interested in replacing Infantino but urges him to resign](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4492-uefa-s-ceferin-tells-infantino-to-go-but-not-interested) · 24 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 76% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 5 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.