Top FIFA officials Wenger and Grafstroem distance themselves from Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan

GENEVA (AP) -- Two senior FIFA executives -- coaching great Arsène Wenger and CEO-like secretary general Mattias Grafstroem -- distanced themselves Tuesday from their boss Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors. Wenger said in a statement he knew nothing of the $2

Top FIFA officials Wenger and Grafström distance themselves from Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan  AP News

Fifa’s chief of global development, former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, said “the decision to withdraw the project was absolutely necessary and beyond question”.

Two senior FIFA executives have distanced themselves from their boss Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors

Two senior FIFA executives have distanced themselves from their boss Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors

Fifa's chief of global football development Arsene Wenger says the decision to scrap the plan to have private investment in Fifa competitions was "absolutely necessary".

The statement by the former Arsenal coach did not name Infantino and comes after a weeklong furore across world soccer.

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

FIFA executive Arsene Wenger backs decision to drop Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan  Toronto Star

‘The plan that was put forward was offensive to many people, football people, around the world, and it can’t be the case that we just move on and forget’, the PM said