FIFA issued a blistering attack on the media in its response to furious backlash over the controversial plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors.
According to the group’s late-night statement, ‘erroneous reporting’ about the proposal ‘disrupted [a] planned consultation process.’ The organization did not specify which reports about the plan were erroneous.
The backlash notwithstanding, FIFA still hopes to proceed to a vote on the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), which has already been condemned by dozens of international organizations within the sport.
’Our planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports,’ read a portion of the statement. ‘We will proceed
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