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Wenger backs withdrawal of Infantino World Cup sell-off plan

Published 4 August 2026

FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development, Arsène Wenger, has publicly distanced himself from President Gianni Infantino's abandoned plan to sell stakes in World Cup commercial rights to private investors, calling its withdrawal "absolutely necessary and beyond question.

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