Football Australia pleads for more time to digest Fifa’s controversial World Cup plans

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FA resists immediate criticism of privatisation push More information requested to ‘properly assess’ implications Football Australia has resisted immediate criticism of Fifa’s plan to seek private investment despite an international outcry, instead calling for more information about the controversial proposal. Football
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FA resists immediate criticism of privatisation push More information requested to ‘properly assess’ implications Football Australia has resisted immediate criticism of Fifa’s plan to seek private investment despite an international outcry, instead calling for more information about the controversial proposal.
Football’s world governing body announced plans this week to sell a stake in the commercial rights to its tournaments, including the World Cup, to private investors, in a move led by the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino. Continue reading...
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