No plans to sell World Cup to private investors – FIFA

FIFA has firmly denied reports suggesting it is readying to merchantability the FIFA World Cup to backstage investors, insisting that a projected commercialized inaugural nether information is intended to make much backing for shot improvement alternatively than relinquish power of the sport’s premier tournament.

In a connection released connected Friday, the satellite shot governing assemblage said caller reports had inaccurately portrayed its projected FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), creating disorder among stakeholders and disrupting an ongoing consultation process with its 211 Member Associations.

FIFA stressed that the inaugural was designed to assistance nationalist shot associations payment from further commercialized opportunities portion preserving the organisation’s ownership, governance and decision-making authority.

“Nobody is selling football. This is not thing FIFA would ever entertain,” the organisation said, dismissing claims that the World Cup oregon different FIFA assets could beryllium transferred to backstage investors.

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