New Financial Controversy for Infantino: Million-Euro Salary and Luxury Villa

A Times report on Infantino's undisclosed salary and his luxury villa in Miami has created fresh controversy for the FIFA president.

The Times newspaper's report on Infantino's undisclosed salary and his luxury villa in Miami has created new boundaries for the FIFA president.

According to Mehr reporter, according to the report of English newspaper "Times", FIFA has not announced in its official reports the salary of several million Euros that Gianni Infantino, the president of this institution, has received in recent years. This disclosure has been made in a situation where Infantino is also facing criticism due to the unsuccessful plan to transfer part of the shares of the World Cup to private investors.

The Times newspaper has claimed in a report that Infantino had two separate sources of salary between 2024 and 2026; One salary paid by FIFA in Switzerland and announced in the annual report of this institution, and another salary paid to him by the company organizing the World Cup in America. According to this report, the second payment was not announced in the FIFA annual report.

Undisclosed salary to pay rent for luxury villa in Miami

According to the report of Ambassador Erjans, it is stated in the FIFA annual report that Infantino received 4 million 274 thousand Swiss francs in 2024, equivalent to 4 million 590 thousand euros. However, the tax return of the American company established to hold the World Cup, named "FWC2026 US Inc", shows that he also received another amount worth 1.760 million dollars, equivalent to 1.890 million euros; According to this report, the amount was not announced in the FIFA annual report.

Sources cited by the Times said that Infantino received similar or even higher amounts in 2025 and 2026. If this issue is confirmed, these payments could be in conflict with Article 43, Paragraph 13 of the FIFA Statute; The clause that emphasizes the need to publicly publish the salary of the FIFA president, members of the council of this organization and its secretary general.

Some Times sources suggested that the undisclosed sums were used to pay for Infantino and his family to stay in a luxury villa in Miami after the 2022 World Cup. This property is located in the very luxurious neighborhood of "Sunset Islands" and is owned by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and an American billionaire; The person who bought this villa in 2023 for more than 24 million euros.

Suspicious transaction of an apartment with a famous singer

The Times investigation also looked into another Infantino deal that was described as financially questionable. In October 2025, Infantino bought a luxury apartment in another part of Miami from famous singer Marc Anthony. Four months before this deal, Anthony was announced as the World Cup ambassador in Miami in June 2025.

The selling price of this apartment is 7,700,000 euros. A figure that has attracted the attention of real estate market activists, because Anthony bought this property in 2021 for 9 million and 800 thousand euros and in this transaction he received about 2 million and 100 thousand euros less than the initial purchase amount. Meanwhile, according to a report published in June 2026, the price of luxury real estate in Miami had increased by 14.2% during the previous year.

Increasing pressure on the president of FIFA before the elections

These revelations have increased the pressure on Infantino; The president of FIFA, who has faced opposition and criticism from a number of federations, including the European Football Union, after the failed plan to transfer part of the World Cup shares to private investors.

Infantino is going to run for the fourth term of the FIFA presidency in the March 18, 2027 election. Meanwhile, a number of European club presidents are trying to find a strong candidate to compete with him to prevent his continued presence at the head of this institution.