Infantino under huge pressure after plan for World Cup sell-off sparks resignation and rebuke
Cordeiro quits as senior adviser to Fifa presidentLamour: sell-off plan ‘defies belief and imagination’The walls started closing in on Gianni Infantino after another dramatic day that saw one of his senior advisers resign and brought a scathing rebuke from Fifa’s own chief operating officer.Infantino is under huge pressure after his plan to sell chunks of the World Cup to private investors met a tide of opposition from around the globe. European countries have already promised to boycott Fifa competitions if he does not shelve the scheme but Friday’s developments, which…
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