Fifa cries foul over Uefa's Infantino deal papers push

Fifa has accused Uefa of waging a "misinformation campaign" and trying to influence the race for its presidency as world football's governing body urged a US court to reject a discovery request linked to a controversial investment proposal. Last month, Uefa asked a US federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents for use in a planned criminal complaint in Switzerland against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over a now-abandoned plan to transfer World Cup commercial rights into a subsidiary called Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE). In its response to the filing on Monday, Fifa said Uefa's brief contained "numerous false or misleading statements about Fifa and Infantino". "With no basis whatsoever, Uefa suggests that Mr Infantino sought to profit personally from the FFE proposal," Fifa said in a filing in the Southern district of Florida, opposing Uefa’s motion for discovery. Uefa alleged Infantino developed the proposal in secret with a small group of advisers and investors, bypassing Fifa's normal governance processes and failing to consult Fifa's council, regional confederations or member associations. Uefa said in a legal filing that investors would have paid US$4.2 billion for a stake in Fifa Forward Enterprise, valuing the business at about US$20 billion. It added that the valuation significantly undervalued...