FIFA scrap controversial World Cup private investment plan

KH Kevin HandAl JazeeraFiled 2026-07-31 · 23:48 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced on Friday that the organization has abandoned plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors. This decision comes after significant backlash from across the football community. Infantino stated that the project had created divisions that were no longer in the best interest of the original objectives. The plan to involve private investors had faced widespread opposition, prompting FIFA to reconsider its approach.

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The project created divisions that are no longer in the interest of the objective.

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The decision to scrap the plans was made after widespread backlash from across football.

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FIFA has scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.

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FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino faced fierce backlash to plans to sell stake in World Cup.

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FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino faced fierce backlash from across football to plans to sell stake in World Cup.FIFA President ⁠Gianni ⁠Infantino said on Friday world soccer’s governing ⁠body has scrapped plans to ⁠sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors ‌after widespread backlash.“Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the ⁠project has 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 said.More to follow.

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