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Belgias fotballforbund har besluttet å ikke støtte Gianni Infantinos jakt på en ny periode som Fifa-president.
Det kommer fram i en uttalelse. Forbundet peker på særlig to forhold som det mener synliggjør at Fifa «ikke viser tilstrekkelig åpenhet»:
* Infantinos forsøk på å la private aktører kjøpe eierandeler i Fifas turneringer, deriblant fotball-VM. Motstanden ble så voldsom at prosjektet raskt havarerte.
* Suspensjonen til USAs Folarin Balogun ble likevel ikke gjeldende i sommrens VM-sluttspill. Amerikaneren fikk rødt kort i 16-delsfinalen mot Bosnia-Hercegovina, men straffen ble i etterkant brått gjort betinget. Mange har pekt på innflytelsen til USAs president Donald Trump.
Belgias fotballforbund har bedt Fifa om å sette Balogun-saken på agendaen på neste styremøte 15. oktober. Der er KBVB-president Pascale Van Damme medlem.
– To måneder etter hendelsen konstaterer vi at spørsmålene våre fortsatt står ubesvart, sier Van Damme.
Det europeiske fotballforbundet (Uefa) vedtok kort tid senere mistillit mot Fifa-sjefen og har siden jobbet for å presse fram hans avgang.
En rekke Uefa-land har de siste ukene trukket støtten til Infantino. Tidligere i måneden gikk Norges Fotballforbund et steg lenger og ba ham om å trekke seg.
Foreløpig er det ikke fremmet en motkandidat til Infantino før Fifa-kongressen i mars neste år. Fristen for å nominere noen er 18. november. (NTB)

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