World Cup-winner Petit joins call for change in FIFA leadership
” (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) Several ex-footballers, including Premier League winners Emmanuel Petit and Mikael Silvestre, have called for “change” in FIFA’s leadership following the failed plan to open the World Cup to private investors.
They also did not directly refer to the behind-the-scenes negotiations conducted by Infantino to place World Cup revenues into a commercial company open to private investors — a plan that was abandoned this summer under pressure from the European, North American and Asian confederations.
EU sports chief on July 29, 2026 hit out at FIFA’s plans to sell a stake in its competitions including the World Cup, warning international football’s governing body: “Hands off our game.
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