PM hits out at Fifa’s World Cup private investment plan

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has criticised Fifa after the football body confirmed plans to set up a private company to run the World Cup and its other tournaments.

Fifa President Gianni Infantino is seeking to create a $20bn (about £14.93 bn) company which would run the global tournament with private investors, including the Kushner family, who have links to US President Donald Trump.

The company, named Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), would lead to a significant increase in football development funding to national associations and bring the total spending on development to more than £10bn (£7.5bn) in the next four years, Fifa has claimed.

Thrive Eternal, a company launched in April by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, would lead the proposed investor group for FFE if the proposal is given the green light.

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10 comments

  4. Trump family involved says it all. If this goes through the next world cup will be fixed well in advance before the final.

  6. This man should be investigating and see is bank account details and this man as ruined the world Cup 🥤 and robbing football ⚽️ fans 🙄

  7. Football is my escape from politics and the worries of the world, my happy place. And now there he is, ruining that too.

  9. Honestly European and South American countries should simply leave, that would stitch them right rup and quickly kill this farce.

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