FIFA SCRAPS PROPOSAL TO SELL OFF STAKES IN WORLD CUP AFTER WIDESPREAD BACKLASH

Gianni ⁠Infantino issues statement on controversial plan ‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell chunks of the World Cup to private investors has sensationally… The plan had caused ructions within football around the world, leading Uefa to threaten a boycott of future Fifa tournaments if it was not shelved.

The Guardian reports that gianni ⁠Infantino issues statement on controversial plan ‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell chunks of the World Cup to private investors has sensationally…

The report adds: The plan had caused ructions within football around the world, leading Uefa to threaten a boycott of future Fifa tournaments if it was not shelved.

Other confederations had also come out in opposition while one of Infantino’s senior advisors, Carlos Cordeiro, resigned on Friday in protest at the scheme.

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