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·28 July 2026

Football Today

·28 July 2026

The Times ke mutabik, FIFA apni pramukh pratispardhaon mein private investment laane ke ek mahatvapurn prastaav par vichar kar rahi hai.

President Gianni Infantino ek nayi company banane ki yojana ka netritva kar rahe hain, jo FIFA World Cup aur Club World Cup samet uske sabse bade tournaments ki dekhrekh karegi.

FIFA apna majority control banae rakhegi, jabki private investors kuch billion dollars ki keemat wala minority stake kharidenge.

Governing body ne pushti ki hai ki woh is prastaav ki review kar rahi hai aur kaha hai ki koi faisla liye jaane se pehle uske 211 member associations ke saath consultation process shuru hoga.

Thrive Capital ko mukhya investors mein se ek mana ja raha hai. Is investment firm ki sthapana Joshua Kushner ne ki thi, jo United States ke president, Donald Trump, ke rishtedaar hain.

Infantino ka Trump ke saath badhta aur zyada uljha hua sambandh charcha ka vishay raha hai, aur yeh naya prastaav bhi ek baar phir isi jodi se joda ja raha hai.

FIFA ne yeh bhi pushti ki hai ki JP Morgan poore process ke dauran uska financial adviser ka kaam kar raha hai.

Trump administration se jude vyaktiyon se discussions ke dauran salah-li gayi hai. Halaanki, Kushner ke investor ke roop mein shaamil hone ki sambhavana nahin mani ja rahi hai.

Reported blueprint ke mutabik, har FIFA member association ko bhi nayi company mein ek stake milega, jiska moolya lagbhag $20 million (£15 million) ho sakta hai.

Associations ko apne shares rakhne ya unhe bechkar atirikt revenue paida karne ki poori swatantrata hogi, ek aisa kadam jo prastaav ke liye vyaapak samarthan hasil karne mein madad kar sakta hai.

FIFA ka kehna hai ki antim faisla uske Congress aur Council ke haath mein hoga.

Ek statement mein, organisation ne kaha ki woh aise innovative projects ki talash mein hai jo 2026 World Cup ke expanded format ki safalta ke baad aur adhik commercial growth ko unlock kar saken.

FIFA ne aage kaha ki koi bhi nayi subsidiary uske niyantran mein hi rahegi, aur bahari investors ke paas sirf minority interest hoga.

Halaanki, in prastaavon ko pehle hi European football mein kadi aalochna ka saamna karna pada hai.

UEFA ne chetavani di ki football ki governance kabhi bhi commercial asset nahin banni chahiye, aur kaha ki khel ki atma ko investors ke haath becha nahin jana chahiye.

Yeh chinta bhi vyakt ki gayi hai ki private ownership, adhik revenue ki khoj mein, FIFA competitions ke aur vistar ko ya World Cup ki avriti badhane ko protsahit kar sakti hai.

Men's tournament pehle hi 32 teams se badhkar 48 teams tak pahunch chuka hai, jabki FIFA pehle hi sanket de chuki hai ki woh 64-team competition ke prastaavon par vichar karegi.

Infantino apne anumanit antim presidential term ke 2031 mein khatm hone ke baad, antatah nayi company mein leadership role sambhal sakte hain.

FIFA ne inkaar kiya ki uske president ke liye kisi bhavishya ki position par charcha hui hai, aur zor diya ki vartaman dhyan prastaav ka mulyankan karne par hai, usse member associations ke saamne rakhne se pehle.

Agar yeh yojana manzoor ho jaati hai, to yeh football governance mein sabse mahatvapurn commercial badlavon mein se ek hoga.