{"id":18956,"date":"2026-07-30T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=18956"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:48:57","slug":"principal-reaction-to-fifas-private-investor-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=18956","title":{"rendered":"Principal reaction to FIFA&#8217;s private investor plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>FIFA\u2019s plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary has sparked disbelief and outrage globally.<\/p>\n<p>AFP Sport highlights the pick of the reaction:<\/p>\n<p>Sporting<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe soul and governance of football are not assets to trade \u2014 especially with zero transparency as to who gains financially. None of us are the owners of football. It is not FIFA\u2019s to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 European football\u2019s governing body UEFA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFIFA cannot continue to use our sport to enrich themselves and their friends. We can grow the game correctly. It\u2019s time to prioritise associations, clubs, leagues, players and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA statement on Wednesday after learning of a letter FIFA president Gianni Infantino sent to member associations telling them they had until September 19 to accept the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply concerned by the lack of due process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CONCACAF, which governs North and Central American football and three of whose members, the USA, Canada and Mexico, co-hosted the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany in European football see FIFA\u2019s plans as an absolute attack on football. I share this view. A line has been crossed here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the World Cup, six European teams reached the quarter-finals and three the semi-finals. If European football stands united against these plans, that carries a great deal of weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hans-Joachim Watzke, vice-president of the German football Association (DFB) and Borussia Dortmund president, to magazine Kicker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I get the feeling that FIFA exists solely to make a profit. It feels like the only goal is to rake in money from every possible avenue. I consider myself a child of football \u2014 I\u2019ve been involved in the sport for decades \u2014 and even I find this disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AFC was not consulted on the proposal and is disappointed that a matter of such significance entered the public domain before the AFC family had been afforded the opportunity to examine and discuss it through the appropriate and established governance channels.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asian Football Confederation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an institution that represents over 850 football clubs \u2013- whose member clubs, their players and communities are fundamental participants in football worldwide, not least in FIFA\u2019s competitions including all the international club competitions \u2013- it would be wholly appropriate for EFC to be fully consulted on a proposal of such magnitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEFC learned about this proposal in the same way as most global football stakeholders -\u2013 without warning and through the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 European Football Clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInfantino is not the solution to FIFA\u2019s governance. He is the problem. We are venturing deeper into the iceberg and what remains to surface.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish football league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the limited information, we are deeply concerned about the lack of process and governance to get to this point, and the apparent substance and principles involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 English football\u2019s governing body the Football Association (FA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe developments of recent days cannot be viewed in isolation. For quite some time now, in many different cases, we have expressed, both internally and externally, our concern about increasingly deficient procedures within FIFA\u2019s leadership, particularly the lack of transparency, the insufficient involvement of the council, and the absence of the necessary distance from heads of state and external stakeholders who are seeking to influence the course of football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Norwegian FA president Lise Klaveness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt raises a lot of question marks for the federations, who have not been involved in the talks and do not have to hand the specific details to be able to comment on these topics which are fundamental to the future of football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe close relationship between the FIFA president and the US President (Donald Trump) has reached a financial dimension that is deeply damaging football. No one has the right to sell our game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sepp Blatter, Infantino\u2019s disgraced predecessor, referring to the claim that one of the potential investors could be Thrive capital, an investment company founded and led by Joshua Kushner, brother of US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared.<\/p>\n<p>Political<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHands off our game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 European Union Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticular concern arises when FIFA\u2019s regulatory powers become aligned with the financial interests of private entities. When the value of investments depends on decisions made by FIFA. That raises profound questions about governance, independence and conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Micallef fires a warning shot across FIFA\u2019s bows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball does not belong to investors. It belongs to the people who fill the stands\u00a0and who stand on the touchline week in, week out,\u00a0rain or shine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UK Prime Minister and Everton supporter Andy Burnham, who worked tirelessly for justice for the families of the Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently the fake Peace Prize and giant lease with Trump Tower weren\u2019t enough, now Infantino performs a kickback hat trick by pursuing a multibillion-dollar deal with Jared Kushner\u2019s brother to sell ownership stakes in the World Cup to private investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Democrat members on the United States\u2019 congressional House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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