Senior FIFA executive says staff were deceived over Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan
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Two senior FIFA officials have criticized Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan. One has resigned as a presidential adviser and the second says staff have been deceived by a project that must not go ahead.
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(L-R) FIFA President Gianni Infantino stands with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FIFA Senior Advisor for Global Strategy and Governance Carlos Cordeiro, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House on Nove…
After regional football federations condemned FIFA plans for private investment, with European nations even threatening a World Cup boycott, a senior advisor to FIFA President Infantino has tendered his resignation.
GENEVA (AP) — Two senior FIFA officials criticized Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan Friday with one resigning as a presidential adviser and a second saying staff were deceived by project that must not go ahead.
Infantino’s role as president under increasing pressure 143 of Fifa’s 211 members now stand against scheme Gianni Infantino’s authority has been dealt a fresh blow after Carlos Cordeiro, one of his senior advisers, resigned with immediate effect in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World C…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino's senior advisor has resigned in protest over his boss's plan to seek private investment for the World Cup football tournament. Carlos Cordeiro said such a move would "mortgage football's future.
GENEVA (AP) — Pressure on FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity grew Friday as his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia's soccer body joined…
The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a $20 billion privatization plan, but soccer's governing body is doubling down and criticizing the media.
A high-profile FIFA aide and White House Task Force for the World Cup representative resigned in protest Saturday over a controversial proposal to sell a stake in the organization’s commercial business, warning that the plan would sacrifice one of the world’s most valuable sports properties to priva…
The FIFA president's bid to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors sparked an unprecedented backlash, threatening his grip on power ahead of next year's election.
GENEVA — Two senior FIFA officials criticized Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan Friday with one resigning as a presidential adviser and a second saying staff were deceived by a project that must not go ahead.
Two senior FIFA officials have criticized Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan. One has resigned as a presidential adviser and the second says staff have been deceived by a project that must not go ahead.
Cordeiro quits as senior adviser to Fifa president Lamour: sell-off plan ‘defies belief and imagination’ The walls started closing in on Gianni Infantino after another dramatic day that saw one of his senior advisers resign and brought a scathing rebuke from Fifa’s own chief operating officer.
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Infantino’s decision came after his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia’s soccer body j…
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