A sort of Marshall plan to help world football in financial crisis for the coronavirus emergency is being studied by Fifa: a spokesman for the World Confederation told ANSA. In recent days, in a New York Times article, there was talk of a special emergency fund.
"The football community all over the world is experiencing, to a greater or lesser extent, serious financial problems due to the coronavirus epidemic - underlines the spokesman for the organization chaired by Gianni Infantino - This threatens to interrupt and compromise the capacity of the affiliated Federations to Fifa and other football organizations such as leagues and clubs to develop, finance and manage football activities at all levels of the game, including professionals, non-professionals, young and grassroots players. "
"It is expected that in many parts of the world a considerable number of people involved in football will remain in extremely difficult economic conditions," the consideration that is made in Zurich. "Fifa is in a solid financial situation and it is its duty to do its utmost to help those people in times of need. Therefore, we confirm that Fifa is working on the possibility of providing assistance to the football community around the world, after having made a global assessment of the financial impact that this pandemic will have on football. The exact format and details of this assistance are currently being studied and are being discussed in consultation with FIFA associations, Confederations and other stakeholders, bearing in mind that a decision must be agreed and announced in the near future. "
