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Infantino advisor Cordeiro resigns as FIFA insists ‘nobody is selling football’ FIFA has been plunged into fresh turmoil after a senior advisor to president Gianni Infantino resigned in protest at plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors, even as the governing body insisted “nobody is selling football.”
According to Sky Sports , Carlos Cordeiro, a former US Soccer president and Infantino’s representative on the White House task force for the 2026 World Cup, stepped down on Friday.
“I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup,” he said, branding the proposal “a bad deal for football.”
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JUNE 10: Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, speaks to the media during a FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Press Conference at Mexico City Stadium on June 10, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
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