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Prince Ali bin Al Hussein’s, President of the Jordan Football Association, statement on FIFA on 6 August 2026, 2 days after he made his initial statement.
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Prince Ali bin Al Hussein’s, President of the Jordan Football Association, statement on FIFA on 6 August 2026, 2 days after he made his initial statement.
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan, President of the Jordan Football Association’s Statement:
“With all the controversy surrounding FIFA, world football is facing a clear cut crisis in leadership just before an upcoming election.
As someone who has been through this process before, I believe one thing needs to be done immediately: remove a secret ballot for Presidential elections!
Every other decision including hosting the World Cup is now done openly, except -of course- for presidential elections. With a President who we elect every four years and a council that makes all the decisions, a transparent ballot is the only way to hold us as MA Presidents accountable in front of our own football fans, officials and players who elected us. At the same time it is protection for each and every MA who might be pressured to make a decision based on coercion behind closed doors as has happened in the past. But most importantly it will empower each and every MA on the most critical vote we have, the leadership of the biggest and most popular sport in the world and the direction it takes in the future.
There is no shortage of issues regarding FIFA. Let me start by clarifying what some of these are from an FA perspective, in particular that of Jordan going into a World Cup for the first time.
We are a small country with a minimal budget for our FA and had to deal with enormous hurdles. First, getting our fans into the USA: not all were granted VISAS, even though they had tickets -which we also know were sold at exorbitant prices.
Secondly, we are being taxed by the US govt through FIFA for our participation. Money that should go to players and staff. This was not the case for those who played and set up camp in Canada and Mexico. But we happened to be in the USA so now we face these huge costs in taxes for having participated.
Thirdly we have been waiting for reward money for our players since December for the Arab cup in Qatar, which is a FIFA event. The money our team should receive for having reached the final has not been delivered yet, while at the same time FIFA brags about how many billions they have in reserve.
It is clear the problem really is with leadership. For months, FIFA has been refusing to help us on any of these or other matters- until it was verbally communicated to me during the World Cup that if I endorsed Infantino it would go a long way to helping our FA out.
We pride ourselves in Jordan in upholding ethical values. We did not endorse him before and certainly will not now. But the whole situation amounts to blackmail and we refuse to give in to that.” — Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, 4 August 2026
Prince Ali of Jordan has accused FIFA of blackmail, claiming the organisation refused to help his country unless he publicly endorsed Gianni Infantino for FIFA president.
The allegations intensify the crisis around Infantino's leadership, following critical statements from FIFA secretary general Matías Graffström and chief development officer Arsène Wenger.
I've just found this parody reel about "A whole new world" on Instagram (made by rjayreigns), and the funny part is that I can totally imagine Aladdin parodying "A whole new world" in a modern AU like this when he couldn't find his car, while Jasmine would totally give him a "bombastic side eye" as soon as she would hear him singing like that, and then roll her eyes
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYNdpkMSp7P/?igsh=N2t1aDg2djVkbzZz
Day 131, Lyric 2:
"Hey! Clear the way in the old Bazaar, Hey you, Let us through it's a brand-new star, Oh, Come be the first on your block to meet his eye, Make way, Here he comes, Ring bells, Bang the drums, You're gonna love this guy,"
Prince Ali - Will Smith
14 July 2026: Crown Prince Hussein extended condolences to Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Lusail Palace in Doha, over the passing of his father Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Prince Ali bin Al Hussein accompanied the Crown Prince on the visit.
