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Andy Burnham has demanded the resignation of Fifa president Gianni Infantino following the contentious proposal to sell a minority stake in the World Cup.
Burnham inssted that Infantino is "the wrong man to lead the organisation" amid a global outcry against the controversial investment scheme.
Reports of Fifa's intention to offload a minority stake in a new entity, Fifa Forward Enterprise, to private investors first surfaced in media reports on Tuesday.
Fifa subsequently confirmed that Thrive Eternal, a company established by Joshua Kushner – brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner – had been identified as the prospective leader of the investor consortium.
Burnham has called on Infantino to resign (PA Wire) The controversial plan has faced outright rejection from Uefa and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), alongside Concacaf, the body representing North and Central…
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