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If Gianni Infantino wants to move forward with his plan to sell a stake in FIFA’s commercial operations to private investors at a $20 billion valuation, he’ll have to do so without some of the most dominant and influential countries in the soccer world.
UEFA announced on Thursday that it plans to boycott all FIFA competitions in response to the proposal. The 55 member nations of European soccer’s governing body unanimously agreed to the move following an emergency meeting. Six of the 10 highest-ranked national teams on FIFA’s rankings on both the men’s and women’s side of the sport are in Europe.
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