The walls are closing in! Norway files an explosive complaint against Infantino

Gianni Infantino's enemies are no longer just talking. The Norwegian Football Federation has moved from words to formal action, lodging a double-barrelled complaint that drags three of FIFA's most toxic scandals into one file.

Details: According to The Times and AFP, the Norwegian Football Federation has filed two formal complaints against FIFA president Gianni Infantino. The first asks the FIFA Ethics Committee to examine his conduct for potential breaches of the Code of Ethics; the second asks the Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee whether FIFA's governance, financial oversight and decision-making worked as intended. Both filings cover three issues: the awarding of the FIFA Peace Prize to Donald Trump, the suspended red card of Folarin Balogun at the 2026 World Cup, and the abandoned plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors through FIFA Forward Enterprise.

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NFF president Lise Klaveness, a longtime Infantino critic who in August called on him to resign, told The Times the three cases share a single thread: the same political regime. The complaint asks how the FIFA Peace Prize, created in 2025 and handed to Trump in December, was approved and whether it breached FIFA's political neutrality; why FIFA suspended the automatic one-match ban Balogun received against Bosnia and Herzegovina only after Trump phoned Infantino, a move Belgium mocked with an Overturn this! message before withdrawing its support for his re-election in September; and how the FIFA Forward Enterprise plan, which would have let private investors buy around 20 percent of a new entity holding World Cup rights, advanced so far before collapsing within days under pressure from UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC. The Norway twist that will sting most in Zurich: reports indicate the lead investor lined up for FFE was a venture capital firm linked to Jared Kushner's brother Josh, tying the project directly to the Trump circle. FIFA has been approached for comment, and the governing body insists its disciplinary bodies acted independently throughout. Norway now joins England, Wales, Ireland, Croatia, Albania, Greece and Belgium in formally withdrawing support for Infantino's re-election, while UEFA and CONCACAF continue to demand $2.11 billion from FIFA's reserves and the election looms in Rabat next March.

It's worth noting that the filings stop short of demanding Infantino's removal, instead asking the two committees to establish the facts and release relevant documentation to FIFA's member associations. The 56-year-old Swiss has insisted he will stand for a fourth term, and with the candidacy deadline on November 18 and no rival declared, every escalation so far has failed to produce an actual challenger.

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