FIFA has abandoned a controversial investment plan concerning its World Cup operations following widespread concern from key stakeholders across international football. The proposed deal aimed to bring external investment into the commercial framework of the tournament, but faced significant pushback from national leagues, player unions, and continental governing bodies. Critics raised concerns regarding match scheduling, player workload, and overall governance. In response to the opposition, FIFA elected to withdraw the proposal and maintain its traditional financial structure.
- FIFA has officially scrapped its controversial World Cup investment proposal.
- The initiative was designed to introduce private external funding to expand commercial revenue streams.
- Major leagues, player associations, and regional federations voiced strong opposition to the plan.
- Key concerns focused on potential calendar congestion, increased player fatigue, and governance issues.
- FIFA will continue operating under its existing financial model for upcoming global competitions.
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Throw Infantino out on his ass. He should have never considered this in the first place, nor giving Trump a made up peace prize, nor folding to Trump's cries during the World Cup.
Not scrap infantino.
Wonder if he has to give Trump the backhander he got .
That lasted less time than LizTruss as prime minister
Even his mate Donald has dropped him
OUTFANTINO
People still think they can profit from colluding with Trump.
This man should resign. What a corruption!
The prejudicial officiating we just witnessed in this tournament speaks for itself corruption
How can Infantino remain in his position He must Go!!!
I’m still giving up on fifa enough is enough
Yes but what will he replace this corrupt plan with? He won’t be planning to give up on the personal wealth he was due to skim out off this deal.
What a repulsive man with repulsive friends! Still, getting rid of the confected hysteria that is professional football is not such a bad thing!
All hatched between Trump and Infantino. Two corrupt criminals and both should be gotten rid of. America is despicable.
So @BBCNews #BBCNews Donald and Ivanka Trump are all over this and yet they deny it. Gianni Infantino is still messing with the Women's football.
What a pity with FIFA scraping the plan!! The whole investment scheme was devised to enrich Infantino and both the Trump and Kushner Crime Families to the tune of billions. I just hope that Orange Buffoon goes crazy and orders the plan to go ahead. No one on earth can stop the US President. That should be fun !!
Infantino cartellino rosso !!!
He tried to sell pART OF fifa TO kUSHNER AND tRUMP CRIME FAMILY!
Infected by the Trump money virus
because things are planned by bbc
A textbook example of 'overplaying your hand'; why should Infantino be re-elected when he openly cozys up to a Trump and, given his inappropriate treatment of his fellow FIFA board members, likes to adopt a so-called 'Trump-light' method, and because of the scrapping of red cards and other idiotic plans like expanding the number of participating countries: Get rid of that man to protect the integrity of the football World Cup!
Infantino makes Blatter look like an honest broker in comparison!. Boycott the World Cup or sack Infantino.
Kick him out of his position, he is corrupt as they come. His finances need to be audited, his back hand dealings will come back and bite him.
Ah, don’t fold. Be as corrupt as your little cult hero Donald Trump. Cmon man! You just assumed everyone in the world is as immoral, corrupt, and money hungry as you!!
You do know we will eat the rich one day, right?
I had no idea FIFA was a non-profit; it seems like a stretch of the definition.
They need to remove him
Nobody gives a toss when our privacy, utilities, healthcare and the natural world get sold off to private equity. In fact everyone wants more capitalism, but not it seems in football.
All I heard him say is"I'll back off for now".
Please leave . Now .
Now investigate, remove, & charge FIFA corrupt president!
European media needs to gt to the bottom of this attempt to private-monetize the World Cups. Infantino is not behind this. He's just the figure head, there to fall on his sword if it failed. This has got America written all over it. The Trumps, the Kushnes, Jamie Dimon, others — they are the ones who dreamt this up and cobbled the plan together and sent Infantino to make it happen.
Red card suspension was a diversion. This is the real American corruption.
USA needs to be sacntioned. Maybe suspend participation in the 2028 and 2030 World Cups. USSF is all quiet. American players are all being quiet. They are wondering how much America was behind this. Check out everyone at USSF.
What is it with the BBC YouTube channel that they refuse to capitalize FIFA properly and keep typing “FIFA” [sic] ? I guess I’ll start writing Bbc from now on.
Id hoped that Infantino would have taken it all the way , that way FIFA would have seen UEFA, CONCACAF, etc spinning up a new football world organization and maybe FIFAs corrupt corpse would have finally died. alas Infantino folded like trump does , so the FIFA zombie lives on.
FIFA renamed to FAFO.
Scrap FIFA!
Would NOT be surprised that CONMEBOL wanted to issue a statement criticizing G. Infantino's plan, but the AFA opposed, effectively preventing such statement to be issued! We must remember that the fund is FIFA's, not Infantino's cash cow to be dispensed as he pleases! To maintain the integrity of football, Infantino must be removed from FIFA, and any links with Donald Trump, family and associates scrutinized and severed!
FIFA… the most corrupt & deplorable sports organization in the world. Disgusting. Infantino is as credible & honest as Trump……he needs to go.
FIFA is pure greed
Does anyone really believe that this money they sent to the different Federation around? The world are actually full used for the advancement of soccer and academies and all I bet in some of these countries 90 to 95% of the money vanishes into somebody’s bank account.
This is Trump and his family's plan with Infantino the sucker to have to announce it
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Infantino must Go immediately
Mafiosi, and the Juice people who wants to take over control of FIFA
Argentina was rigged and be in this semi-final and beat England
Giving the fresh air the extended world cup with its 48 teams brought back into the global footie community – that positive influx of joy by all those exotic underdogs or teams that where always almost there but had to somehow succumb to a stronger regional powerhouse competitor in forever denial or such – the 2026 world cup brought the people of the world – at least those few billion footie lovers among 'em – close with a mutual understanding that state and population are two sides of a coin and more often than not well beg to differ!
The costs for any given blue collar ordinary worker to go and be part of it in one of the hosts countries if only for one game, nevermind what teams play up – almost impossible to save up to (even in 4 years time) – so yeah sure as hell, especially with the embracing of smaller nations ( in population and/or economic strength) it must be secured to avoid to enslave the beautiful game and let the oligarchs steel it and further skyrocket the allround price tags that come with it!
But – and it is a EFFING big BUT – UEFA esp. the FA should not pretend to be the guardian of moral high ground and preserver of the working men's (unisex) game. The flood gates opened up to private equity, privat ownership and multi club ownership had been opened by who again? So – when setting the rules straight for Fifa – which is the right thing to do – DON'T FORGET to instate the very same upon UEFA and all National Associations! Deflate the system, introduce budget and wage caps for clubs and make live attendance affordable again for ALL people, for all social classes. It is a human right to have access to a major mutual cultural interaction of such magnitude
and IT IS NOT FOR SALE!
Reclaim the game…
P.S: Imprisonment for Infantino!
The deal has Trump taint all over it and the league couldn't stand the smell.