According to a report by The Times, Infantino declared £3.88 million ($5.1 million) in salary for the year, while tax filings showed a further payment of £1.3 million ($1.76 million) from FWC2026, the company set up to organise and run this year's tournament.
The additional payment was reportedly not disclosed in FIFA’s annual report, despite the organisation’s commitment to publishing the president’s salary, bonuses and allowances every year since 2016.
Article 43, paragraph 13 of FIFA’s statutes states that the individual compensation of the FIFA president, members of the council and the FIFA secretary general must be made public.
The disclosure has raised questions about whether FIFA’s reporting practices meet the transparency requirements outlined in its own statutes.
However, a FIFA spokesperson denied that Infantino received a second salary from the organisation and insisted that its compensation arrangements complied with disclosure requirements.
“FIFA does not pay a second salary to the FIFA president and complies with all reporting requirements in relation to compensation. The FIFA president’s annual compensation, as well as other contractual benefits, are decided by the independent compensation sub-committee,” the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that FIFA was focused on its upcoming council meeting and discussions aimed at further developing the game.
The report also stated that FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom did not receive an additional payment from FWC2026.
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