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Football Australia pleads for more time to digest Fifa’s controversial World Cup plans

FA has resisted immediate criticism of Gianni Infantino as it awaits more information to ‘properly assess’ the implications of the privatisation push

The Guardian - AU

Fifa’s share sale plan alarms sporting world

PARIS - A proposal by Fifa 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. A sampling of the reaction:

Bangkok Post

Inside rogue agent Gianni Infantino’s secret plan to sell off the World Cup

IN FOCUS: Not even Infantino’s inner circle or closest advisors at Fifa knew about his privatisation project, writes Miguel Delaney – and were angered when the news emerged

The Independent UK

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SFA chiefs to attend emergency UEFA summit amid controversial Gianni Infantino plans

Scottish FA (SFA) President Mike Mulraney and Chief Executive Ian Maxwell will take part in an emergency UEFA summit

The National (Scotland)

Gianni Infantino’s big World Cup sale and Fifa’s race to the bottom line

In today’s newsletter: Fifa and an investment idea so egregious, even Sepp Blatter is chiming in

The Guardian - UK

This week’s soccer questions: is this Fifa’s Super League moment and can Arsenal land Vinícius Júnior?

We look at the controversy around the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup, what the Gunners need to get to the next level and Liverpool’s uncertain summer

The Guardian - US

Czech FA breaks ranks to back Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan

Early plans for a Uefa boycott of Fifa competitions have suffered an early blow

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Die-hard England fans threaten World Cup boycott as Fifa plans spark backlash

The FA said it was ‘deeply concerned’ by Fifa’s proposals.

Evening Standard

Gianni Infantino gives ultimatum to nations over Fifa’s World Cup sell-off proposal

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The Independent UK

Gianni Infantino tells countries to back Fifa’s World Cup plan – or miss out on $30m

Infantino will use a ‘one-off’ payment of $20m to tempt Fifa’s 211 member associations into backing his plans to sell stakes in the World Cup and other major tournaments to external investors

The Independent UK

Uefa has to show backbone: concrete action can make Fifa’s World Cup plans untenable

European football has shown an increased willingness to talk tough with Fifa but words can only be wielded so many times

The Guardian - UK

UEFA boycotting the World Cup: Everything you need to know about football's new war

UEFA and FIFA are at war: so how would the 2030 World Cup look without European nations?

FourFourTwo

FA 'deeply concerned' by FIFA investment plans as UEFA 'consider World Cup boycott'

Football Association say they were “completely unaware” of controversial proposal to sell stakes in major FIFA competitions

Evening Standard

FA blindsided by Fifa boss Gianni Infantino’s bid to sell World Cup stake

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English FA ‘deeply concerned’ by Fifa plan to sell off the World Cup

Gianni Infantino stunned the football world when plans emerged to sell off parts of the World Cup to private investors, led by the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law

The Guardian - UK

Uefa accuses Fifa of ‘enriching themselves and their friends’ over World Cup sell-off

The Football Association has joined Uefa in condemning Fifa’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors

The Independent UK

Will there be a World Cup boycott? Infantino’s deal with Trump empire pushes football to the brink

IN FOCUS: Senior figures in European football will discuss a boycott after Gianni Infantino revealed plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup, reports Miguel Delaney, but amid the outrage, will the federations have the courage to front up to Fifa?

The Independent UK

More than 220,000 fake football shirts seized by police in major crackdown

Counterfeit shirts produced in unsafe and unregulated conditions can contain harmful materials, police warned.

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish football needs more former players as referees and less paranoia

Sean Murdoch's clanger convinced some St Mirren fans the former Dunfermline player had an agenda, but Graeme McGarry argues we need more former…

Evening Standard

Fake World Cup shirts worth £18.5million seized in huge crackdown led by London police

Officers have removed more them 220,000 fake shirts from sale since January 2026

The Independent UK

Fifa’s shameful scheme to sell off World Cup is gravest existential threat to football yet – but will anyone stop it?

Fifa’s latest money-spinning wheeze, to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investment, has been met with horror. Now its member associations must make a stand against ‘football’s nuclear bomb’, writes Miguel Delaney

FourFourTwo

A bizarre history of loans: Where did it really all begin?

In the era of Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) loans are a handy mechanism for clubs without bottomless pits of money, but how did it all start?

The Independent UK

Pep Guardiola next job odds: Italy price drifts as England odds shorten

Taking charge of Italy seems off the cards, so what is next for Pep Guardiola? We look at the latest odds

The Independent UK

‘A slippery slope’: Gianni Infantino faces official complaint over Trump interference

Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Association (NFF), has called on Infantino to face Fifa’s ethics committee

The Guardian - UK

England cannot afford trip to amputee World Cup – and the FA will not help

With no national funding, England’s successful men’s amputee side is struggling to raise the £50,000 needed for November’s tournament in Mexico

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