Skip to content

Soccer: Gianni Infantino apologises to the FIFA Council for his World Cup sell-off plan [SOUND]

# Soccer: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has apologised for his World Cup sell-off plan, saying mistakes were made in relation to the communication and consultation process, which led to many consequences. In August, he scrapped a controversial plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private equity investors after fierce opposition from the sport’s governing bodies. During a three-hour FIFA Council meeting in Zurich yesterday, Infantino said the proposal was not intended to replace support from existing resources:

ENG InfantinoOnScrappedProposal