Senior FIFA executive says staff were deceived over Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan - AP News
FIFA's chief operating officer and a senior adviser have publicly criticized President Gianni Infantino over a controversial plan to sell future World Cup profits to private equity. The executives claim staff were deceived and are calling for the project to be abandoned.
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Internal dissent at the highest levels of FIFA threatens the stability of soccer's governing body and the financial future of its flagship tournament.
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GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s chief operating officer said its staff were deceived by their president Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan , and suggested on Friday the project must not go ahead.
Zurich-based executive Kevin Lamour all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to The Associated Press that defended his colleagues amid intense fallout from the FIFA boss’ plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private equity funds .
Lamour wrote that staff were “deceived” by Infantino’s lack of openness in planning the sale over recent months and “deserve better than contempt and intimidation.”
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