UEFA’s World Cup Boycott Threat Shows Infantino Overplayed His Hand

UEFA’s World Cup Boycott Threat Shows Infantino Overplayed His Hand  Forbes

"We will proceed with this consultation process to ensure that each member association has the ability to express its vote based on facts."

GIANNI INFANTINO has been lined up for a staggering £1MILLION-A-WEEK job should his World Cup sale plan go through. The Fifa president is hoping to secure £3.1billion of funding for his FFE project by October. Fifa have reportedly got US bank JP Morgan on board in an advisory capacity. If the plans are given the...

FIFA says it will continue to pursue its controversial investor plans despite opposition from regional football confederations in Europe, Asia and North America. "Nobody is selling football," the body insists.

Football’s governing body wants to sell minority stakes in the World Cup to private investors - a move which has drawn criticism from member associations

FIFA vowed on Friday to press ahead with an "open and democratic" consultation on a proposed private investment plan, despite widespread opposition to the proposal.

‘Our planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports’ - FIFA statement

FIFA have issued a defiant statement insisting "nobody is selling football" after UEFA threatened to boycott the World Cup over the association's plans to sell stakes in a World Cup commercial entity to private investors

3 min readJul 31, 2026 09:29 AM IST FIFA plans to create a semi-private subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), to sell minority, non-controlling stakes in the business operations of the World Cup and other tournaments. (AP)CONCACAF, the governing body for football in North America, Central America, and the Caribbea

It's been a seismic 48 hours for football after Uefa threatened to boycott the World Cup and Concacaf rejected Gianni Infantino's funding plan - what happens now, and can Fifa's president survive?

North America's soccer body on Thursday rejected FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors, joining European nations in opposition.

European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The North American soccer body rejected his plan later the same day.

Gianni Infantino warned to ‘seriously backtrack’ to avoid football ‘civil war’ after UEFA World Cup boycott  gbnews.com

At a meeting on Thursday, European nations agreed to boycott men's and women's World Cups unless FIFA's private investment plans are shelved

UEFA has threatened to boycott FIFA competitions over Gianni Infantino's $20 billion investor plan, saying the World Cup should never be privately owned.

The KNVB said it opposes FIFA's plans to further commercialize the World Cup, reaffirming its position after a UEFA meeting.

“UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions,” UEFA said after the meeting. The next FIFA event on the calendar is the Women's Under-20 World Cup, which will be held in Poland from September 5.

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

The 55 UEFA members are in favor of the boycott as a tense situation continues to unfold

Uefa said its position will not change until Fifa’s proposal is abandoned.

Infantino has sparked outrage from European nations as he looks to sell off the tournament

UEFA Confirm Stunning World Cup Boycott in Bid to Kill Gianni Infantino Plan  Sports Illustrated

The strategy meeting was called to counter FIFA president Infantino’s offer of US$20 million to each of FIFA's 211 global members that has to be accepted by mid-September.

After an urgent online meeting of the 55 members, the European soccer body said: “UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.”

After an urgent online meeting of the 55 members, the European soccer body said: “UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.”

UEFA member federations agreed Thursday to boycott all FIFA competitions in protest at Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors. Read moreInfantino defends FIFA investment plan amid mounting backlash "UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions

Gianni Infantino's controversial idea for the future of the World Cup and all FIFA competitions has dominated the football world

UEFA member countries agree to boycott FIFA competitions in protest at private equity plan for World Cup.

England and other UEFA nationals have thrown the World Cup into chaos after reported plans that they will boycott all FIFA competitions should Gianni Infantino continue his plans to sell stakes

All European nations have vowed to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with plans to sell off stakes in a new commercial vehicle following a Uefa crisis summit.  England’s Football Association and the other 54 members of European governing body Uefa held emergency talks today to discuss their response to Fifa’s prop

Gianni Infantino's plan to sell off a stake of the World Cup has been met with a furious backlash - and now England and other major nations are ready to snub future tournaments

UEFA nations unanimously back World Cup boycott as they go to war with Gianni Infantino  talkSPORT