Fifa president Gianni Infantino has scrapped his divisive plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup, hours after a senior adviser quit over the “bad deal for football”. In a statement released early on Saturday, Infantino acknowledged that his Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) move to raise US$4.2 billion in private funding had “created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place”. Infantino had proposed...
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August 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Gianni Infantino forced to scrap World Cup sell-off plan, senior Fifa adviser quits
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