Published Aug 1, 2026, 4:23 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 6 sources

Gianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan

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Gianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan

Gianni Infantino “has lost the confidence” of Uefa following his aborted project to sell off the World Cup to private investors, European football’s governing body has said. Uefa castigated “secret schemes on fast-track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game” and called for a “thorough and fundamental” review. The Fifa president’s plan would have seen stakes sold in a company which would run the commercial and operational aspects of competitions includin