Arsene Wenger, Fifa’s chief of global football development, has said the decision to abandon a proposal involving private investment in Fifa competitions was “absolutely necessary”.
The senior Fifa official made the comment in relation to a plan that would have brought private investment into competitions run by world football’s governing body. The proposal has now been scrapped.
Wenger’s remarks amount to a clear endorsement of the decision to move away from the plan. His position within Fifa gives the comments significance, particularly because they concern the organisation’s approach to competitions under its control.
The supplied material does not specify which competitions would have been affected, what form the private investment would have taken, or when the decision to abandon the proposal was made. It also does not include further explanation from Fifa on the reasons for the change.
The latest known position is that the private investment plan for Fifa competitions has been dropped, with Wenger stating that doing so was necessary.
