FIFA president Gianni Infantino ignored a written request from CONCACAF president and FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani to stay away from an Under-14 tournament in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, appearing publicly at the Caribbean Football Union youth competition just days after withdrawing a controversial plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors. Montagliani had warned Infantino in a letter that his attendance would overshadow the youth event given the "governance crisis" triggered by the secretive FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, which had drawn accusations of "deception" from multiple FIFA vice presidents before being scrapped on 1 August. The visit is seen as a political move by Infantino, who is courting Caribbean federations as potential backers ahead of his bid for a fourth presidential term at the FIFA congress in Rabat, Morocco, in March 2026.