# Report alleges Infantino offered Morocco 2030 World Cup final; FIFA denies claim 2026-08-06T07:19:44+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk A report by The Times, relayed by sports.ndtv.com, alleges that FIFA president Gianni Infantino privately offered Morocco the right to host the 2030 World Cup final, at the under-construction Hassan II Stadium near Casablanca, in return for public backing from member associations ahead of next year's FIFA presidential election. The claim surfaced as Infantino faces controversy over his now-abandoned plan to sell a minority stake in the World Cup to private investors, which FIFA says is off the table after apologising to its Council and member associations for how the process was handled. FIFA denied the hosting claim outright, with a spokesperson calling it false and misleading to say the president had made any such promise and stating that a decision will be made by FIFA in due course. Morocco is set to co-host the 2030 tournament with Spain and Portugal, though the final's host venue has not been decided. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The allegation and FIFA's on-record denial sit directly opposed, and the report offers no documentary evidence beyond an account attributed to The Times. FIFA's abandoned stake-sale plan and its public apology to member associations show the federation is already under real pressure over Infantino's conduct, though that pressure concerns the stake-sale plan rather than the hosting claim. The Times account and FIFA's denial are both on the record in the same report, with nothing beyond them offered either way. FIFA says a decision on the 2030 final's host venue will be made in due course, with Morocco co-hosting alongside Spain and Portugal. ## Coverage - sports.ndtv.com Tags: FIFA, Gianni Infantino Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/report-says-gianni-infantino-offered-2030-world-cup-final-to-morocco-amid-ongoing-row-fifa-responds/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/report-says-gianni-infantino-offered-2030-world-cup-final-to-morocco-amid-ongoing-row-fifa-responds/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.