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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney and Jamie Braidwood

Uefa consider opening criminal proceedings against Gianni Infantino over World Cup sell-off plan

Uefa is preparing to bring a criminal complaint against Gianni Infantino following the Fifa president’s failed plan to sell off commercial stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

A 56-page document, filed by Uefa’s lawyers in a federal court in the United States and seen by The Independent, declares that Uefa are “preparing to bring criminal claims in Switzerland against Infantino” for “criminal mismanagement” following Fifa’s now scrapped Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal.

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