UEFA's Bold Boycott Threat Throws FIFA's World Cup Plans Into Chaos
UEFA, European soccer’s 55-member governing body, is set to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA-organized competitions in protest of a $20 billion Wall Street-style takeover of the global game, sources familiar with the matter told The Post.
The boycott blueprint — set to be formally rubber-stamped Thursday during emergency talks hosted from Switzerland that start at 9am Eastern — would see European nations withdraw from “all FIFA competitions” organized by the Zurich-based nonprofit.
Livid over Trump-loving FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s aggressive moves to commercialize global soccer, Europe’s soccer bosses are “very confident” they will secure “a landslide majority” of “more than 50 countries” to vote against his plans, according to insiders.