Victor Montagliani

And you have to sort of put yourself in the shoes to a certain extent of some of these voters, where... really it probably you know it it does to a certain extent come down to do we have a better chance of getting into club into competitions either club or international are we getting more revenue as a result of the policies of the fifa president do we feel listened to does he come and see us if you look at his instagram he is in a different country almost every day it's absolutely amazing and that is that is the power of the incumbency that he can hop on and a plane provided by FIFA sponsor Qatar Airways.

And while all this was going on, you know, that peak where we thought Victor Montagliani, the CONCACAF president, would challenge him and was giving suggestions he might.

And Gianni started just flying around the Caribbean islands, seeing his friends, you know, sort of talking his way out of it, saying, you know, what he was going to do for them.

And it didn't take very long for them all basically to hop back on side.

You know, I think, you know, as one source pointed out to me, if you back a candidate, whether it's like Michelle Kang or someone like that and they win, you are then stuck with, you know, with that, that president for 12 years.

And, you know, and I'm talking about people who have designs on getting the top job someday, whether that's a Victor Montagliani or Alexander Sefrin, or, you know, someone like that.

I mean, I don't think Sefrin wants the job.

But, you know, we'll see about Montagliani.

But again, if you're Victor Montagliani, and you support someone, and they end up beating Gianni Mentino, Then you're going to be supporting them for the next 12 years.

And that's going to really kick the can down the road in terms of his own ambitions and aspirations for, for holding the top job.

So,

Is, is Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, gonna survive that vote next year and still, I believe it's in Morocco in March or April, and still s- be a FIFA president at the end of the vote? Now, if that's gonna happen, if, if G- if Gianni Infantino's gonna lose his job, someone has to run.

The one person mentioned more than any is a Canadian, in Victor Montagliani, former president of Canadian Soccer Association, current president of CONCACAF, our region, and one of the VPs of FIFA.

The guy's a mover and a shaker.

His name's been tossed around plenty.

But last week, there was a report he's not gonna run.

There's really no reporting past that.

But I did see the headline that Victor Montagliani is, is not gonna be there.

I should also mention that Gianni Infantino, uh, has decided as well to up payments to every FIFA country from $10 million to 25.

Gianni has about 150 of them.

You know? And w- what's the point? What is the point? So the one they all wanted, he's in there as well, he's in the photos, is, uh, Victor Montagliani, the, uh, the leader of CONCACAF.

And you speak to Europeans, they say he bottled it He thinks he can wait until 2031.

And he also was very concerned that if he ran for FIFA, he would have to almost give up his CONCACAF job.

Um, but, um, yeah, so much to be thankful for, and I'm thankful for this year.

I'm thankful that, uh, you know, Victor Montagliani, I'm thankful that we got to host the World Cup, uh, and-

I, I was just-

Yeah

Yeah, when you see the map, it's like, "Oh." [laughs]

Yeah.

I mean, as long as Victor Montagliani is vice president of FIFA and head of CONCACAF, he won't be pushing for the MLS clubs to, to move, and it looks like he is standing again for CONCACAF president.

That would rule him out of running for FIFA president.

And in the Guardian, this story has been reflected where Infantino rival puts CONCACAF ahead of FIFA presidency run.

So this is Victor Montagliani.

He's told CONCACAF staff that he intends to stand for reelection as the confederation's president next year, which will rule him out of going up against Gianni Infantino for the top job at FIFA.

He was expected, perhaps, or there was potential that he would stand against Gianni Infantino, Miguel, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen now.

The first challenger.

You gotta wonder, though, now that the door is open a little bit, do we see others come in? Obviously, the big one is gonna be our own, uh, CONCACAF president and vice president of FIFA, Victor Montagliani.

Oh, yeah.

We'll see if he runs against Infantino.