Zurich: FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman says rival Gianni Infantino's plan to significantly increase cash handouts to federations would bankrupt football's troubled governing body as it faces a $560-million deficit.
The Bahraini royal revealed the state of FIFA's finances and expected losses for the 2015-18 World Cup cycle in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Sheikh Salman has pledged to only distribute FIFA funds for specific football projects in countries most in need of assistance.
But Infantino has committed to offering each of FIFA's 209 members $5 million to invest in development projects and running costs — a huge increase on the $2.05 million per federation from 2011-14 — on top of other payouts.
Salman told the AP: "I think in three years we (FIFA) would be bankrupt."
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