FIFA's controversial plan to sell stakes in a World Cup company has been dealt what appears to be a fatal blow after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) joined UEFA and CONCACAF in rejecting it.
Gianni Infantino's future as FIFA president now appears uncertain too, with the AFC statement also highlighting "fundamental weaknesses in FIFA's consultation and decision-making processes that must now be addressed".
The Press ***** ociation understands the 41 nations that make up CONCACAF, the confederation for North and Central America plus the Caribbean, are losing – or have lost – confidence in Infantino, while UEFA says it will boycott FIFA competitions until the plan is dropped.
The Swiss said the plans to create a new company to run the World Cup and FIFA's other competitions would require a majority of FIFA's 211 member ***** ociations. Collective opposition from AFC's 47 members, added to CONCACAF's 41 - of which 35 are FIFA members - and UEFA's 55, would mean 137 now stand against it.
FIFA proposes to create FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) and sell a 20% stake in it to private investors – with Joshua Kushner's Thrive Eternal earmarked as the lead of the investor group.
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Gianni Infantino's future as FIFA president now appears uncertain too, with the AFC statement also highlighting "fundamental weaknesses in FIFA's consultation and decision-making processes that must now be addressed".
The Press ***** ociation understands the 41 nations that make up CONCACAF, the confederation for North and Central America plus the Caribbean, are losing – or have lost – confidence in Infantino, while UEFA says it will boycott FIFA competitions until the plan is dropped.
The Swiss said the plans to create a new company to run the World Cup and FIFA's other competitions would require a majority of FIFA's 211 member ***** ociations. Collective opposition from AFC's 47 members, added to CONCACAF's 41 - of which 35 are FIFA members - and UEFA's 55, would mean 137 now stand against it.
FIFA proposes to create FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) and sell a 20% stake in it to private investors – with Joshua Kushner's Thrive Eternal earmarked as the lead of the investor group.
#uefa #plan
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