More key FIFA staff break ranks as Infantino’s World Cup plan faces mutiny

The crisis triggered ⁠by FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s abandoned proposal to sell off a stake in the World Cup has deepened, with influential executives publicly distancing themselves from the project while scrambling to contain the damage.After three days of unprecedented civil war in the world of football administration last week, Infantino backed away from his plan to raise $4.2bn from a new ⁠commercial rights body late on Friday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4UEFA confirms legal letter served to FIFA after Infantino’s World Cup planlist 2 of 4FIFA denies Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup sellofflist 3 of 4Isolated Infantino finds support in Africa ahead of CAF meetinglist 4 of 4Ex-Arsenal boss Wenger was ‘not aware’ of Infantino’s FIFA planend of listThe 56-year-old apologised for how the proposal, which would have brought private investment into the World Cup for the first time, had divided the game. But his once-unassailable bastion of power at the top of the global governing body was shattered.FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom sent an internal message to staff lamenting the “sad and reproachable series of events” that led t...