Is the World Cup for sale? Here’s what Fifa’s plans mean and what happens next

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A week after the World Cup finished, Fifa has yet to announce whether Argentina will be punished for the violence seen on the pitch at the end of the final. What it has been able to do, however, is devise an entirely new way of running international football, which – in the words of its president, Gianni Infantino – “is about the democratisation of football worldwide”. It is also an idea to allow private investors take a stake in Fifa’s competitions and potentially make money from the World Cup.