Uefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardens
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55 members to meet on Thursday to coordinate response
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‘Uefa knows there is significant and growing opposition’
Uefa has called an emergency Âmeeting of its 55 members for Thursday afternoon to discuss a coordinated response to Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. A European boycott of Fifa tournaments is among the options under consideration.
As the next major event in the Fifa calendar, a boycott of next year’s Women’s World Cup has been Âmentioned in preliminary Âdiscussions, although there would be a reluctance in some quarters to make the women’s game suffer as a consequence of a protest against Fifa proposals that primarily revolve around Âmonetising the men’s World Cup and Club World Cup.