UEFA warns FIFA of legal action over failed World Cup sell-off plan
UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors. The European body has demanded that FIFA executives preserve all documents related to the controversial proposal.
Why it matters
The conflict signals a major rift in global football governance and potential legal scrutiny of FIFA's financial management.
<p>European football body UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private investors, and said any potential evidence should not be destroyed.</p> <p>Infantino’s secretive proposal to raise US$4.2 billion (NZ$7.1 billion) from investors including the New York investment firm of Joshua Kushner <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/01/fifa-scraps-controversial-world-cup-sell-off-project/" target="_blank">was dropped Saturday</a>, days after the revelation in media reports provoked a global furore.</p> <p>UEFA led the backlash, and on Friday its 55 member federations <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/31/european-nations-vow-world-cup-boycott-over-infantino-plan/" target="_blank">met to agree to boycott all FIFA events and competitions</a> while the proposal was active.</p> <p>Now lawyers for UEFA have informed FIFA that the European body is “actively considering legal action, arbitration, and/or regulatory complaints ...
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