'Total conflict': Infantino sets deadline for controversial FIFA scheme

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tells member federations they have until September 19 to decide on his controversial private investor scheme with Joshua Kushner.

According to various reports, FIFA, the world football governing body, has set a deadline for approval of a planned investor deal and, in return, has promised a one-off payment. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This has been reported by several British media outlets, which quote verbatim from

FIFA's president lobbies for latest proposal for investment in football's governing body, which has met with criticism.

The proposal revealed on Tuesday and backed by Joshua Kushner's investment firm Thrive Capital was met with immediate fury by Infantino’s former colleagues at European soccer body UEFA, which said the World Cup “is not FIFA’s to sell.”

FIFA's Infantino sets deadline for $20M offer to members in Kushner-backed World Cup investor plan  Toronto Star

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has set a Sept. 19 deadline for the 211 member federations to accept a $20 million offer to each in his controversial plan to sell stakes in a subsidiary running the World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has set a Sept. 19 deadline for the 211 member federations to accept a $20 million offer to each in his controversial plan to sell stakes in a subsidiary running the World Cup

FIFA's Infantino sets deadline for $20M offer to members in Kushner-backed World Cup investor plan  AP News