FIFA issued a response to furious backlash over the controversial plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors by blaming the media for the uproar.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is reportedly planning to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors but European football’s governing body have fired back at that plot

Thrive Capital's Joshua Kushner and former Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei are involved in the controversial bid to buy a stake in a subsidiary of the non-profit that oversees the…