Fifa calls Uefa’s legal threat a ‘smear campaign’ in US federal filing

According to Guardian Football:

Fifa filed motion opposing Uefa’s request for discoveryUefa said to be considering criminal case v Gianni InfantinoAttorneys representing Fifa have hit back at Uefa’s request for discovery in a US federal filing earlier this week. The lawyers called Uefa’s legal efforts “little more than press releases in further support of [a] smear campaign against Fifa and its leadership” and requested the judge assigned to the case dismiss the request.The filing requests that Fifa US, a subsidiary business unit of Fifa, be permitted to officially opposite the request for discovery by 30 September. Continue

(Source: Guardian Football)