The withdrawal of FIFA President Gianni Infantino's controversial commercial project is "excellent news for football," Real Madrid said on Sunday, expressing its "gratitude" to UEFA and the federations that opposed it.

"Real Madrid welcomes FIFA's decision to abandon its plan to partially sell the commercial rights to its competitions. Our club considers this excellent news for football, its institutions and, above all, for the millions of fans of our favorite sport," the Spanish giant wrote in a statement.

The Madrid club also expressed "its gratitude" to UEFA, as well as to "all the institutions that firmly and responsibly opposed this project", believing that "their unity and sense of duty have helped to preserve football at a crucial time".

Faced with strong opposition from UEFA and several confederations, Gianni Infantino announced on Friday night the withdrawal of his project to create a company -- the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) -- open to private investors and responsible for managing the commercial and event activities of the body, including the World Cup.

UEFA, which had "unanimously" threatened to boycott upcoming FIFA competitions, including the World Cup, said on Saturday that the Italian-Swiss leader had "lost the confidence" of the body, like "many other members of the football family," calling for a change in governance.

Real Madrid, one of the founding members of the failed European Super League project, announced in February 2026 that it had reached an agreement with UEFA in the interest of European football, thus ending years of open warfare with the governing body.