[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-fifa-african-hq-sale-morocco-rebellion-infantino":82,"category-counts-nav":99,"related-fifa-african-hq-sale-morocco-rebellion-infantino":109},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. Daily analysis, long reads, and expert opinion.",[33,51,59],{"heading":34,"links":35},"Leagues",[36,39,42,45,48],{"label":37,"to":38},"Premier League","\u002Ftag\u002Fpremier-league",{"label":40,"to":41},"La Liga","\u002Ftag\u002Fla-liga",{"label":43,"to":44},"NBA","\u002Ftag\u002Fnba",{"label":46,"to":47},"Formula 1","\u002Ftag\u002Fformula-1",{"label":49,"to":50},"Champions League","\u002Ftag\u002Fchampions-league",{"heading":52,"links":53},"Content",[54,56,57],{"label":55,"to":16},"Analysis",{"label":27,"to":28},{"label":58,"to":16},"Data & Stats",{"heading":60,"links":61},"Company",[62,65,68,71,74,77],{"label":63,"to":64},"Terms of Service","\u002Fservice",{"label":66,"to":67},"Privacy Policy","\u002Fprivacy",{"label":69,"to":70},"Editorial Policy","\u002Feditorial",{"label":72,"to":73},"Contact Us","\u002Fcontact",{"label":75,"to":76},"About Us","\u002Fabout",{"label":78,"to":79},"Website Disclaimer","\u002Fdisclaimer","Built for the love of sport","© SportPulse. All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":97,"_path":98},"Infantino's African HQ in Salé: A Fortress Under Siege","fifa-african-hq-sale-morocco-rebellion-infantino","football","Football: Analysis","Marcus Wright","FIFA's new African headquarters sits in a transformed Moroccan city, a fitting base for a governing body facing its most serious rebellion yet.","2026-08-05 20:19:37","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Ffifa-african-hq-sale-morocco-rebellion-infantino.webp",[93,94,95,96],"FIFA","Concacaf","AFC","African Football","## FIFA's New Address\n\nFIFA's African headquarters has been perched above the Moroccan city of Salé since last July. The building sits inside Technopolis, a business park that is one of many megaprojects reshaping the Atlantic coast. From this vantage point, Gianni Infantino has planted the sport's governing body in a location with clear symbolic weight.\n\nSalé sits directly across the river from Rabat. Forty years ago, this was a gritty working-class area. Its old town was weathered enough to double as Mogadishu in the film Black Hawk Down. Today the population has trebled, and the landscape tells the story of a country under firm authoritarian control.\n\n## Crisis Meeting in Rabat\n\nOn Wednesday night, FIFA held a crisis meeting of its senior executives in Rabat. The outcome was confirmed in a statement: Gianni Infantino will remain as president. FIFA also revealed that Infantino has sent written apologies to the FIFA council and all 211 member associations for failing to consult them over the World Cup sell-off. FIFA said he retains the full support of his leadership team.\n\nThe apology marks the first official acknowledgment from FIFA that the consultation process around the sell-off was inadequate. 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