World Cup Boycott Proposed as Opposition to Controversial FIFA Private Investment Plan Grows

Opposition is growing in the soccer world to a plan by the sport’s governing body, FIFA, to spin off its events, principally the World Cup, as a separate commercial entity and invite investors to take a stake in it. The new company, FIFA Forward Enterprise, has been valued at about $20 billion. FIFA would seek…

FIFA's announcement also produced a furious backlash from European football's governing body UEFA, which said the World Cup was not an "asset to trade".

Football Association say they were “completely unaware” of controversial proposal to sell stakes in major FIFA competitions

FA 'deeply concerned' over Fifa's World Cup private investment plan  ITVX

2 min readJul 29, 2026 12:53 PM IST FIFA added that each of its 211 member associations (MAs) would be given the chance to take a one-off stake of 20 million dollars in the FFE. (AP Photo)European football’s governing body, UEFA, on Tuesday issued a stern threat to FIFA after reports surfaced that FIFA was seeking priv

FIFA has announced plans to launch a new private company to run the World Cup and other competitions, a move that has been met with widespread criticism from Andy Burnham, UEFA and football fans

A major dispute has erupted between FIFA and UEFA over FIFA’s proposal to seek private investment in the commercial rights of the World Cup and other tournaments.

FIFA on Tuesday announced it was seeking to launch FIFA Forward Enterprise.

UEFA blasts FIFA proposal to allow for $10B in World Cup private investment  ESPN