Infantino’s covert bid to privatise the World Cup sparks governance storm
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino reportedly drafted a secret plan to privatise or sell stakes in the World Cup, a unilateral proposal developed behind closed doors that has drawn anger from UEFA and other football authorities and raises questions about governance, funding, and the calendar if it ever goes to a vote.
- Inside rogue agent Gianni Infantino’s secret plan to sell off the World Cup The Independent
- Gianni Infantino tells FIFA members to agree to World Cup plan or miss $40m in funding espn.com
- Infantino insists FIFA’s World Cup plan is proposal and not ‘obligation’ Al Jazeera
- World Cup meets Wall Street? What to know about FIFA’s proposed World Cup rights selloff CNN
- Uefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardens The Guardian
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