Infantile Infantino should exit for trying to sell the World Cup, by Owei Lakemfa
UEFA declared the attempted privatization of the World Cup unacceptable and a line that football’s governing institutions must not cross.
As it turned out, without consultations with the regional bodies, the leadership created a commercial subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise with which it was going to sell a 20-30 percent stake in World Cup commercial rights to private investors led by Joshua Kushner, brother of Trump son-in-law Jared.
Another issue of ethics Infantino faces is taking dictation from United States President Donald Trump, who personally called him to have the red card issued to USA striker Folarin Balogun at the 2026 World Cup overturned.
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