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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Is the World Cup for sale? Here’s what Fifa’s plans mean and what happens next

Gianni Infantino
Gianni Infantino is poised to win an unprecedented fourth term as Fifa president next year. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

What is Fifa up to now?

A week after the World Cup finished, Fifa has yet to announce whether Argentina will be punished for the violence seen on the pitch at the end of the final. What it has been able to do, however, is devise an entirely new way of running international football, which – in the words of its president, Gianni Infantino – “is about the democratisation of football worldwide”. It is also an idea to allow private investors to take a stake in Fifa’s competitions and potentially make money from the World Cup.

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