Arsene Wenger, Fifa’s chief of global football development, has publicly endorsed Gianni Infantino’s decision to abandon a controversial plan to sell stakes in a World Cup company to private investors, describing the move as “absolutely necessary and beyond question”.
The former Arsenal manager’s statement on Tuesday follows a week of intense scrutiny over Infantino’s proposal to establish Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) and offload a 20 per cent share to private equity firms.
