- Fifa president Gianni Infantino is facing mounting pressure following the resignation of his senior adviser, Carlos Cordeiro, over a controversial plan to sell a stake in a World Cup company to private investors.
- Cordeiro, who has over 35 years in banking, publicly stated that the initiative to create Fifa Forward Enterprise was a “bad deal for football”, warning against the consequences of giving away part of the sport's inherent value.
- The proposal has been met with significant opposition from major football confederations, including Uefa, Concacaf (North and Central America, Caribbean), and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
- Uefa members have explicitly announced they will boycott future Fifa competitions should the World Cup proposal go ahead, describing it as a “profound failure of leadership” and an “abdication of Fifa’s duty”.
- Concacaf and the AFC have echoed these concerns, rejecting the proposal due to a lack of transparency and proper governance, with the AFC noting that the possibility of a World Cup boycott should alarm everyone involved in the sport.
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