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Former FIFA VP Prince Ali Cites 'Blackmail' by Infantino-led Soccer Body Over Unpaid Prize Money
['Graham Dunbar', 'Associated Press', 'Bleacher Report']
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GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin Al Hussein criticized the soccer body's leadership headed by Gianni Infantino on Tuesday, describing prize money withheld from his Jordan national team as a kind of blackmail.
Prince Ali said the Jordanian federation he leads still has not been paid money due for reaching the final of the FIFA Arab Cup played last December in Qatar.
We did not endorse him before and certainly will not now," said Prince Ali, who placed third in a five-candidate FIFA presidential contest when Infantino was first elected in February 2016.
FIFA Arab Cup money not paidThe 2025 FIFA Arab Cup that Jordan lost in the title match against Morocco was set to pay $4.2 million to the beaten finalist, Jordanian media reported last year.
Prince Ali's FIFA historyPrince Ali was elected by Asian soccer to serve on FIFA's ruling executive committee from 2011-15, and stood against then-president Sepp Blatter in a May 2015 election.