La Fifa affirme continuer son plan d'ouverture aux investisseurs privés malgré les critiques
"The consultation process we had planned has been disrupted by inaccurate information disseminated in the media," FIFA, the world football governing body, said in a statement on Friday, adding: "We will nevertheless continue this consultation so that each member federation can make a decision based on proven facts."
"Nobody is selling football. That is something FIFA would never consider," the organization said in its statement, confirming that it had heard the criticisms coming in particular from the European (UEFA) and American (Concacaf) federations.
"We respect the feedback and concerns made public and we reaffirm our commitment to opening an open and democratic consultation," the statement said.
The 55 UEFA member associations unanimously threatened on Thursday not to participate in upcoming FIFA competitions if FIFA does not abandon its plan, unveiled on Tuesday, to create a commercial entity open to private investors. CONCACAF, which represents 41 federations from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, rejected the proposal.
For its part, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) regretted that this project had been made public without its members having been consulted beforehand, while the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was less critical, calling on its member associations to "examine" and "evaluate" the project.
FIFA's objective is to increase funding for football development to $10 billion in the next four years.
Private investors will be able to own shares in the new company created for this purpose, the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), but will remain minority shareholders at around 20%, the governing body promised, which wants to raise up to $4.2 billion, based on a valuation of the future company estimated at $20 billion.
FIFA assures that it will retain exclusive control of this company as well as "exclusive authority" over football governance, competitions, the calendar, regulatory decisions...
If the project comes to fruition, each of the 211 FIFA member federations could receive an exceptional allocation of $20 million at the beginning of 2027 and will see its allocation increase from $8 million to $20 million over the period 2027-2030.
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