Uefa planning to check if Infantino tried to sell stakes in World Cup on cheap

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/06/uefa-gianni-infantino-world-cup-stakes-cheap-valuation-fifa

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EndOfLine@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 28d (1 reply)

The Fifa Forward Enterprise plan that was last week abandoned after four days involved a 21% stake being sold to Thrive Capital for $4.2bn (£3.1bn). The US private equity firm is led by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

einkorn@feddit.org · 7 pts · 28d

Oh no! Who could have predicted that there is a connection to Trump? /s

amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d

Quick answer? Yes! Yes he did. Longer more indepth answer: absolutely he did!

Tango@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 28d (1 reply)

So in the end, the only way corruption gets stopped is when other corrupt people/organizations stand to lose money on it, or even just not make as much money as they otherwise would.

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d

It's telling that CONCACAF's rationale for being against it was because they weren't consulted first... not because they didn't like the plan, just that they didn't know about it ahead of time.

kokesh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 28d

Those fuckers were silent when he licked tRumps ass. This whole organization is rotten to the core.