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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Jim Manzon

Internet Reacts to FIFA's Plan to Sell a Slice of the World Cup to a Kushner-Linked Fund

FIFA says the $20 billion plan is optional and that money raised would be reinvested into football development worldwide (Credit: Dexerto/X)

Football fans, US lawmakers, and Europe's top federations have turned on FIFA after it confirmed plans to sell a fifth of the World Cup's commercial rights to a group led by a firm founded by Joshua Kushner, Jared Kushner's brother.

The revolt hardened on Thursday when the 55 members of European football's governing body, UEFA, voted unanimously, 55 to 0, to boycott every FIFA competition, including the 2030 World Cup, unless the plan is abandoned entirely.

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