FIFA COO Kevin Lamour hits out at FIFA President Gianni Infantino over sell-off plan
- FIFA's chief operating officer said its staff were deceived by president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, and suggested the project must not go ahead.
- Zurich-based executive Kevin Lamour all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to the Associated Press that defended his colleagues amid intense fallout from the FIFA boss's plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private equity funds.
- Lamour wrote that staff were "deceived" by Infantino's lack of openness in planning the sale over recent months and "deserve better than contempt and intimidation".
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- FIFA's chief operating officer said its staff were deceived by president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, and suggested the project must not go ahead.
- Zurich-based executive Kevin Lamour all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to the Associated Press that defended his colleagues amid intense fallout from the FIFA boss's plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private equity funds.
- Lamour wrote that staff were "deceived" by Infantino's lack of openness in planning the sale over recent months and "deserve better than contempt and intimidation".
Sources: ABC Australia