The man who sold the World Cup
About this episode
The episode discusses Gianni Infantino's controversial leadership of FIFA and the failed negotiation to sell a portion of its business.
For ten years Gianni Infantino has run FIFA more or less unchallenged - cosying up to Putin, the Saudis, and above all Trump, and turning the World Cup into the most commercially aggressive tournament the sport has ever seen. Then a few weeks ago, it emerged he'd been secretly negotiating to sell a fifth of FIFA's business to outside investors for $20 billion. The plan collapsed within days, under a revolt from football associations around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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