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FIFA president Infantino’s senior advisor resigns following proposal to sell World Cup stake
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Carlos Cordeiro, a senior FIFA advisor, has resigned in protest of a proposal to sell a $20 billion stake in the organization's commercial operations to private equity investors. Cordeiro criticized the plan as a bad deal that mortgages the future of football.
Senior FIFA adviser Carlos Cordeiro, who represented the soccer body on the White House Task Force for the World Cup, resigned on Friday (July 31, 2026) in protest at its private equity plan.
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