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Three confederations were hard against the idea. The other three didn't exactly voice support either.
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The rise and fall of FIFA's $20 billion World Cup plan: How UEFA led football's biggest rebellion
A complete timeline of how FIFA's $20 billion World Cup investment plan sparked a global backlash before Gianni Infantino was forced to scrap the proposal.
The Asian Football Confederation has joined the North, Central America and Caribbean football association and UEFA in opposition to FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors.
UEFA, European soccer’s 55-member governing body, is set to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA-organized competitions in protest of a $20 billion Wall Street-style takeover of the global game, sources familiar with the matter told The Post.