Carney joins criticism of Infantino as FIFA leader after sell-off plan

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he doesn’t have confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino to lead world soccer’s governing body, after a now-abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Carney told reporters at an event in Toronto that keeping the sell-off plan a secret from senior FIFA staff was a “fatal” move on Infantino’s part and “not how you run any business … let alone something that is a global responsibility like football.”“I’ve run a few organizations in my time,” the prime minister said. “The idea that proper governance is not to disclose to your closest advisers, your chief operating officer, your fellow board members, something of consequence that you’re even considering — let alone proposing — that’s fatal, should be fatal and you lose confidence in that individual. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. “They (FIFA) have their own procedures for making those determinations, but certainly I don’t have confidence in Mr. Infantino after this point, given what transpired and given the nature of what transpired.” Story continues below advertisement Carney atten...