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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Battle lines drawn as Infantino fights to hold on to power after FIFA stake sale fiasco

The crisis triggered by FIFA President Gianni Infantino's abandoned proposal to sell off a stake in the World Cup deepened on Tuesday with influential figures ​publicly distancing themselves from the project while scrambling to contain the damage.

After ​three days of unprecedented civil war in the world of soccer administration last week, Infantino backed away from his plan to raise $4.2 ​billion from a new commercial rights body late on Friday night.

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