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Americas governing body 'deeply concerned' by lack of due process over FIFA private investment plan

July 29 : The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean soccer (CONCACAF) said on Wednesday that it had not been informed of FIFA's proposed sale of equity to outside investors and was "deeply concerned" over a lack of due process.FIFA said on Tuesday that it plans to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events and will offer stakes of up to 20 per cent in it to external investors.Under the plan, FIFA would establish FIFA Forward Enterprise to oversee commercial and event operations.FIFA, which this year held a 48-team World Cup across the U.S., Canada and Mexico that was the biggest in the tournament's history, would retain control of the enterprise, but offer minority stakes in it to private investors to raise up to $4.2 billion. "CONCACAF was o
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