Top Fifa official Wenger says scrapping World Cup plan 'absolutely necessary'

Fifa's chief of global football development Arsene Wenger says the decision to scrap the plan to have private investment in Fifa competitions was "absolutely necessary".

Wenger says scrapping Infantino's World Cup plan was 'absolutely necessary'

The former Arsenal manager said the decision to scrap Gianni Infantino's controversial plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup was 'beyond question.'

Arsene Wenger breaks silence on Gianni Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan

Fifa’s chief of global development Arsene Wenger welcomes Infantino’s decision to scrap controversial proposal

By Jamie Gardner

FIFA executive Arsene Wenger backs decision to drop Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan

FIFA executive Arsène Wenger on Tuesday distanced himself from Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors and said it was “absolutely necessary” to drop the proposal. Wenger’s statement on the controversy came after a letter from UEFA’s lawyers to Infantino threatening legal action named the French coaching great among 18 executives whose data and communications should be retained as potential evidence. “I was not involved in this strategi...

Wenger backs decision to scrap Infantino’s controversial World Cup proposal

Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, supports the decision to scrap Gianni Infantino’s controversial World Cup proposal, citing the Read More: https://punchng.com/wenger-backs-decision-to-scrap-infantinos-controversial-world-cup-proposal/

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