Top Fifa official Wenger says scrapping World Cup plan 'absolutely necessary'

BBC Tuesday 4th August 2026, 10:45AM 1 min read 4 hours ago

Fifa's chief of global football development Arsene Wenger says the decision to scrap the plan to have private investment in Fifa competitions was "absolutely necessary".

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