English FA calls for Infantino to release FIFA World Cup sell-off documents
Gianni Infantino's World Cup selloff plan has faced global backlash with English FA latest to seek document release.
The chair of the English Football Association (FA) has called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to release all the documentation relating to the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.
Infantino’s proposal was short-lived after a fierce backlash from across the sport, with European governing body UEFA threatening to boycott all FIFA competitions until it was shelved.
FA chair Debbie Hewitt, who is also a FIFA vice-president and a member of the FIFA Council, has written to Infantino asking for full disclosure of all information relating to the scheme before the FIFA Council next meets on October 15.
Hewitt has also called for the release of documents relating to the decision to suspend a ban handed to United States striker Folarin Balogun during the World Cup, which followed a phone call from US President Donald Trump to Infantino.