Gianni Infantino adviser quits over FIFA World Cup stake sale plan

Carlos Cordeiro resigned as a FIFA senior adviser in protest of the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, he said Friday.

British prime minister has said proposals to secure private investment for the competition are an "outrageous suggestion."

A high-profile FIFA aide and White House Task Force for the World Cup representative resigned in protest Saturday over a controversial proposal to sell a stake in the organization’s commercial business, warning that the plan would sacrifice one of the world’s most valuable sports properties to private investors. Victor

Gianni Infantino's senior adviser has quit in protest at moves by the FIFA president to sell off stakes in the World Cup and said it would be bad for football, Sky News can reveal.

A senior adviser to Fifa president Gianni Infantino resigned hours after a third confederation opposed his plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors.

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Carlos Cordeiro, one of Gianni Infantino's closest advisers, has resigned in protest over FIFA's controversial World Cup investment proposal, calling it "a bad deal for football" and questioning its governance. His departure adds to mounting opposition from UEFA, Concacaf and the AFC, leaving FIFA facing growing intern

Gianni Infantino’s FIFA investment plan faces major opposition after a senior adviser resigned and three confederations rejected the proposal.

Carlos Cordeiro, 70, had been in the role for five years. He described FIFA's plans as a "bad deal."

Carlos Cordeiro described the plans as a “bad deal for football” and said Fifa “already has access to extraordinary financial resources”.

Gianni Infantino has suffered another major blow after one of his closest advisers resigned in protest over FIFA's controversial plans to sell a stake in the World Cup

Carlos Cordeiro’s resignation is another blow to Fifa president Gianni Infantino

UEFA, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation have already rejected plans to create private company FIFA Forward Enterprise.

Gianni Infantino's plans to sell out World Cup on the brink of collapse as key FIFA adviser quits in disgust  GB News

Backlash grows against FIFA president’s money-spinning FFE scheme

UEFA needs assurances FIFA won't go through with the plan to sell to private investors.

July 29 : FIFA plans to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events, offering stakes of up to 20 per cent in FIFA Forward Enterprise to external investors, in a heavily criticised proposal by president Gianni Infantino that would provide member associations with a dramatic increase in fund

The clash between FIFA and UEFA has intensified after European football's governing body issued a fresh rebuke over plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. UEFA will hold an emergency meeting to discuss its next steps.

Controversial plans to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup to private investors have sparked a furious response from football authorities and politicians. UEFA, the body that governs European football, took the unprecedented step of releasing a statement condemning FIFA’s plan, which involves creating a new entity that w

FIFA President Gianni Infantino immediately came under fire after announcing plans to launch a $20 billion private World Cup investment group

If you thought he was just a shady rule-dodging reprobate, the Fifa boss’s latest 15-page Instagram rant might make you think again I hope you have found time to enjoy Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s 15-page Instagram meltdown about his World Cup. The last time I saw this many defiant words, they were inked on someon