The brief
Gianni Infantino, the embattled president of soccer’s governing body FIFA, has abandoned his controversial plan to create a $20 billion company that would control the commercial rights to its events, principally the World Cup. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Gianni Infantino, the embattled president of soccer’s governing body FIFA, has abandoned his controversial plan to create a $20 billion company that would control the commercial rights to its events, principally the World Cup. In a statement released late Frid...S1S2
- The venture aimed to cash in on what Infantino described as the sport's "remarkable commercial value" by inviting third parties to take minority, non-controlling investments in the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise subsidiary.S3
