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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jack Snape

Football Australia pleads for more time to digest Fifa’s controversial World Cup plans

Fifa president Gianni Infantino
Football Australia is yet to respond to Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s proposed plans to sell commercial rights for the World Cup. Photograph: Mark J Rebilas/IMAGN IMAGES/Reuters

Football Australia has resisted immediate criticism of Fifa’s plan to seek private investment despite an international outcry, instead calling for more information about the controversial proposal.

Football’s world governing body announced plans this week to sell a stake in the commercial rights to its tournaments, including the World Cup, to private investors, in a move led by the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino.

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