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Fifa to push ahead with consultation on plan while insisting ‘nobody is selling football’

  • World governing body responds after Uefa World Cup boycott threat

  • ‘Consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports,’ Fifa says

Fifa has responded to the threat of boycott from European nations with a statement saying that “nobody is selling football”, while blaming the media for disrupting its consultation process over controversial plans to sell chunks of the World Cup to US-based private investment.

After an emergency meeting on Thursday, Uefa member associations agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments, including World Cups, unless the proposal was abandoned entirely.

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Jul 31, 2026 Football Fifa Football politics

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