UEFA Threatens Legal Action Over Infantino's $20 Billion World Cup Plan
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Updated · ESPN · Aug 3
UEFA Threatens Legal Action Over Infantino's $20 Billion World Cup Plan
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Aug 3
Summary
UEFA warned Gianni Infantino not to destroy documents tied to his abandoned World Cup sell-off plan and is weighing legal action, sources told ESPN.
The governing body also wrote to Joshua Kushner, Greg Maffei, JPMorgan and Open Economics over their links to the proposal, using a formal preservation letter to secure potential evidence.
Infantino dropped the plan late Friday after UEFA's 55 member nations agreed to boycott FIFA competitions, arguing that "some things are simply too important to sell."
The proposal would have created a $20 billion company to run the World Cup and other FIFA events, and its collapse has cast doubt on Infantino's expected March 2027 reelection bid.