FIFA has scrapped $20B World Cup sell-off plan

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European nations vow FIFA World Cup boycott over Infantino private equity plan as opposition spreads
European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors.

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European soccer teams vote to boycott World Cups over controversial FIFA investment plan
FIFA has scrapped $20B World Cup sell-off plan following European boycott, global outrage: sources
UEFA threatens FIFA, Joshua Kushner with legal action over World Cup investment plan
UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over its failed plans to sell stakes in the World Cup and other tournaments to private investors.

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Uefa threatens Gianni Infantino and Joshua Kushner with legal action
Inside the week that shook Gianni Infantino, FIFA and the football world
Gianni Infantino has no alternative but to resign with as much grace as he can muster
He was the first president of Fifa to pay much attention to the women's game, to developing grassroots support in emerging nations, and especially boosting African participation in the World Cup.

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UEFA says it’s lost confidence in FIFA’s Infantino after failed private equity plan
Uefa has 'lost confidence' in Infantino's Fifa leadership

European nations agree to boycott World Cup

UEFA nations have reached an agreement to boycott FIFA competitions, notably including the World Cup, as a result of plans to sell stakes in the tournament to private investors.A virtual meeting

European soccer leaders to boycott the World Cup in an unprecedented step

European soccer associations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament.

FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe’s UEFA

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to privatize World Cup using investors with ties to US President Donald Trump attacked by European soccer body UEFA.

A World Cup dominated by the ‘Big Five’ European leagues

The same European leagues that dominate the club game are overwhelming represented among the World Cup finalists.

No Mbappe, no Haaland, no Yamal. What would happen in a World Cup with no Europe?

Say farewell to Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappe, player of the tournament Rodri and household names such as Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham and Lamine Yamal. It would amount to a spectacular act of asset stripping.