According to recent reports, UEFA has swiftly decided to organize an emergency meeting with its members this week following a controversial announcement from FIFA president Gianni Infantino regarding the creation and sale of a commercial FIFA company in collaboration with JPMorgan.
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Subscribe Sekarang →Based on a sharp statement released shortly after the proposal, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin strongly condemned the move. "Cela franchit une limite que les instances dirigeantes du football ne devraient jamais dépasser," Čeferin stated, adding that "Aucun de nous n'est propriétaire du football. Il n'appartient pas à la FIFA de le vendre."
Details of the controversial initiative reveal that Infantino aims to value the upcoming enterprise at 20 billion dollars and sell a 20 percent stake to an investment fund. This maneuver would potentially net FIFA nearly 4.2 billion dollars, drawing intense backlash from European football leadership.