PERSONAL SUPPORT, BOARD DECISION

In an interview published by the Jamaica Observer on 8 September 2026, JFF president Michael Ricketts defended Gianni Infantino’s record and credited FIFA’s support for Caribbean football. He said Jamaica’s election position would be for the JFF board to decide.

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HIS RESERVATIONS

Ricketts also criticised communication and consultation around FIFA Forward Enterprise, which he considered insufficiently transparent. He believed the proposal could have helped smaller associations. These are his assessments, not independent findings about FIFA’s intentions.

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SCOPE AND DATES

The report does not specify the conversation date. Its publication is the dated event recorded here. CONFIRMED covers the published interview and attributed remarks, not an institutional JFF endorsement or collective CFU or Concacaf support. The tracker remains unchanged.

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