Selling the Soul of Football
Selling the Soul of Football looks at the extraordinary row involving FIFA, Gianni Infantino, UEFA and the future of the World Cup. At the centre of it all is money. Quite a lot of money, naturally. Because when football gets itself into trouble these days, somewhere nearby there is usually a very large cheque and a man in a suit explaining that this is all for the good of the game.
FIFA has been accused of trying to sell off part of the commercial value of the World Cup to private investors, effectively turning football’s greatest international tournament into something rather closer to a…
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