Yahoo Sports· 2h ago· 1 min read
Uefa’s threat to boycott the World Cup and all Fifa competitions has plunged world football into open conflict , after Gianni Infantino's plans to sell stakes in the tournament to private investors provoked fury among the game’s biggest federations.
The Asian Football Confederation became the third body to reject the proposals on Friday, joining Uefa and Concacaf and warning that confidence in Fifa’s governance has been “undermined” – leaving Infantino’s plan in tatters ahead of a vote scheduled for 19 September.
For Independent readers, the row has become a lightning rod for something bigger: a fear that football is the latest institution being hollowed out by money, and reshaped in an American image in the process. Others want Uefa to go further still, using the moment to break away from Fifa altogether and build something less corrupt in its place.
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