FIFA refutes report that Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup sell-off plan

FIFA on Tuesday dismissed as “pure fiction” a report that its President Gianni Infantino had sought support from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration after the collapse of a plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights.

Arsene Wenger has finally spoken out after Gianni Infantino scrapped his controversial World Cup sell-off plan

Fifa development chief Arsene Wenger has denied any involvement in the doomed sell-off plan that has left president Gianni Infantino fighting to save his job. Wenger said he only heard about the proposal – to raise $4bn from selling stakes in a new commercial vehicle that would manage the World Cup to private investors

Lee Ji-eun, head of the Democratic Party of Korea's Mapo-A constituency committee in Seoul, has warned that she will take legal action against those who insinuate inappropriate relations between herself and Rep. Jung Chung-rae. The warning follows fallout from a video showing Lee playfully poking Jung on the cheek dur

Can the White House save him? Infantino seeks Trump’s backing amid historic FIFA revolt  MARCA

European soccer body UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors, and said any potential evidence should not be destroyed.

After FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup fell through due to heavy backlash, he tried to get in touch with President Trump. The New York Post reports that Infantino attempted to call Trump over the weekend several times because he was worried about losing his job following an av

Trump and Infantino ‌have forged a close relationship with the two appearing together at major soccer events including this year's World Cup

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino turned to Donald Trump to save his job amid revolt against World Cup privatisation plan.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino sought support from the Trump administration amid mounting criticism after his abandoned plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights, the New York Post said on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The Post reported that Infantino had repeatedly tried and failed to reach US President Donald Trump by phone since the proposal collapsed on Friday.

FIFA's Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup sell-off plan, NY Post reports  Reuters

Aug 3 : FIFA President Gianni Infantino sought support from the Trump administration amid mounting criticism after his abandoned plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights, the New York Post said on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter.The Post reported that Infantino had repeatedly tried and failed

European soccer body UEFA warns FIFA of legal action over Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan  CNN

European soccer body UEFA warns FIFA of legal action over Infantino's failed World Cup sell-off plan  Toronto Star

European soccer body UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors

European soccer body UEFA warns FIFA of legal action over Infantino's failed World Cup sell-off plan  AP News

FA to withdraw support for under-pressure Fifa boss Gianni Infantino as fury grows over his doomed World Cup sell-off plan  lbc.co.uk

European football’s governing body weighs its reaction to withdrawn plan to sell stake to investors

"Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place," Infantino said in a statement.

GENEVA (AP) — Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino’s FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global soccer politics. The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino’s decade-long presidency. “No option should be off the

Former FA chief demands ‘root and branch’ Fifa reform after World Cup sell-off U-turn and Gianni Infantino 'overplayed his hand'  GB News

JPMorgan faces backlash after advising Fifa on controversial fundraising plan to sell a minority stake in a new commercial entity

Europe's governing body, UEFA has called Gianni Infantino's decision to abandon his plans to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private equity investors a "victory for the whole game."

UEFA Says It Has Lost Confidence In FIFA's Infantino After Failed Private Equity Plan For World Cup  HuffPost