Pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino intensified on Saturday after UEFA declared it had lost confidence in the governing body’s leadership, following the collapse of the controversial plan to sell a stake in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup to private investors.
The unprecedented rebuke came hours after FIFA abandoned its proposal to establish a $20 billion commercial entity that would have allowed external investors to acquire minority stakes in the World Cup and other major FIFA competitions.
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European football’s governing body said the withdrawal of the proposal was only the beginning of a broader effort to restore confidence in FIFA’s governance.
