Uefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardens

guardian

·

Original Report

↗ guardian

INFERY

Uefa has called an emergency meeting of their 55 members for Thursday afternoon to discuss a coordinated response to Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors, with a European boycott of Fifa tournaments among the options under consideration. The Guardian has been told that, as the next major event in the Fifa calendar, a boycott of next year’s Women’s World Cup has been mentioned in preliminary discussions, although there would be a reluctance in some quar