Gianni Infantino’s senior adviser QUITS in protest over scandalous World Cup sale plot as third federation rejects plan

ONE of Gianni Infantino’s closest advisers has QUIT his role following Fifa’s World Cup sell-off fiasco. The football world has reacted in outrage and taken a stand against plans to allow private investment in the game’s biggest tournament. A senior advisor to Gianni Infantino has resigned in protest of Fifa’s World Cup proposal Credit: PA Uefa and Concacaf have already resolved not to play in any Fifa tournament while the new Fifa Forward Enterprise remains in place. And now things have gotten even worse for Infantino with the bombshell resignation of Carlos Cordeiro, per reports from Sky News. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! The former US Soccer president told the outlet: “As a senior adviser to the FIFA president, a former banker, and a lifelong football fan, I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup. “Let me be clear: I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally. “It is a bad deal for FIFA’s Member Associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game.” The blow is the latest in a series of significant protests against the plans, which would see a Fifa subsidiary formed to oversee the World Cup called the Fifa Forward Enterprise, in which private companies could invest. Comment now