The Chief Operating Officer of Fifa, Kevin Lamour, has been fired from his position by the organization after barely three weeks of lambasting their president Gianni Infantino for proposing the idea of selling shares of the competitions to the private sector.
In a statement, a spokesman for Fifa said, “the working relationship between Fifa and Kevin Lamour as Chief Operating Officer has ended on 17 August 2026.”
The Official Exit
“Fifa thanks Kevin for his two years of service and wishes him the best of luck for the future.”
The employees of the Fifa organisation received information about the decision in an email from its secretary general, Mattias Grafstrom, on Monday evening. According to the information contained in the message, both parties have agreed to “part ways”.
The Catalyst
In his recent statement, Lamour claimed that the FFE projects were “the project of one person” and stressed that “the time has now come for football political leaders to ask themselves the right questions and make the right decisions”.
It is also noteworthy that the administration of Fifa was “deceived” regarding this project.
“Our mission – the mission of the hundreds of passionate, dedicated, and exemplary Fifa employees – is to serve football”, he added.
“A president must bring people together, unite them, and inspire them. Today, we are experiencing the opposite.”
Lamour acknowledged he had a duty of loyalty to his employer but also to “certain values” and supporting his colleagues.
“If that means I lose my job, then so be it,” he added. “I will understand and respect that decision. At least I’ll sleep well tonight.”
Lamour started his role at Fifa in November 2024 after acting as the deputy general secretary for Uefa, and he was two management levels below Infantino.
Infantino got support from executives earlier this month in Morocco, but BBC Sport reports that Lamour was not invited to the discussion.
