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Fifa to push ahead with consultation plan despite backlash and insists ‘nobody is selling football’

Fed-and-SEC desk, TradeNews USA (2026-07-31): Body responds after Uefa’s World Cup boycott threat Claims ‘process disrupted by incorrect media reports’ Fifa has responded to the threat of boycott from… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

· The Guardian

Fifa to push ahead with consultation plan despite backlash and insists ‘nobody is selling football’
  • Body responds after Uefa’s World Cup boycott threat

  • Claims ‘process disrupted by incorrect media reports’

Fifa has responded to the threat of boycott from European nations with a statement saying that “nobody is selling football”, while blaming the media for disrupting its consultation process over controversial plans to sell chunks of the World Cup to US-based private investment.

After an emergency meeting on Thursday, Uefa member associations agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments, including World Cups, unless the proposal was abandoned entirely.

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