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Gianni ⁠Infantino issues statement on controversial plan‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa presidentFifa president Gianni ⁠Infantino has said world ⁠football’s ⁠governing body ​has scrapped plans to ⁠sell a stake in the World ⁠Cup to private ​investors ‌after widespread ‌backlash.“Having listened carefully ‌to all the views, it has become clear that the project has ‌created divisions of a nature that, ​regardless of the level of support, are no longer ⁠in the interest ​of ​the...

  • Gianni ⁠Infantino issues statement on controversial plan

  • ‘This proposal will not proceed,’ confirms Fifa president

Fifa president Gianni ⁠Infantino has said world ⁠football’s ⁠governing body ​has scrapped plans to ⁠sell a stake in the World ⁠Cup to private ​investors ‌after widespread ‌backlash.

“Having listened carefully ‌to all the views, it has become clear that the project has ‌created divisions of a nature that, ​regardless of the level of support, are no longer ⁠in the interest ​of ​the objective ​set out in ​the ‌first place,” ​Infantino ​said.

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