UEFA Nations Consider World Cup Boycott Over FIFA Private-Investment Plan

European football nations are considering a World Cup boycott over FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s proposed plan to create a new commercial subsidiary and sell more than 20% of it to private investors. UEFA is expected to hold an emergency virtual meeting after FIFA confirmed plans to value the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise at about $20 billion and raise $4.2 billion through external investment. UEFA said the proposal was presented without sufficient transparency and warned that football’s governance should not be treated as an asset for sale. The dispute has revived tensions between UEFA and FIFA. European associations previously threatened to withdraw from a proposed biennial World Cup, a move that contributed to FIFA dropping the idea in 2021. The next World Cup is the women’s tournament in Brazil next year.

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