Carlos Cordeiro quits as FIFA adviser

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Carlos Cordeiro resigned with immediate effect as senior adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World Cup. Cordeiro, a former president of the U.S. soccer federation who has worked for FIFA since 2021, said in a statement that he had no involvement in the plan and that he opposed it unequivocally, calling the proposal "a bad deal for FIFA's Member Associations, a bad deal for football and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game." Cordeiro has represented FIFA on the White House taskforce for the 2026 World Cup and is a former partner at Goldman Sachs, a background noted in reports about his experience with investment deals. FIFA says the proposed sale of part of its commercial rights could raise a billion-dollar sum; several confederations including UEFA have already warned they would boycott FIFA competitions if the plan proceeds. Reports say FIFA set a deadline of 19 September for members to approve the investor deal and that rejection by further continental federations would leave Infantino without a majority for the proposal. Cordeiro's departure removes a close confidant from Infantino's team amid mounting federation resistance to the investor plan.

MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

🚨 BREAKING: Carlos Cordeiro, FIFA’s adviser to the White House Task Force for the World Cup, has RESIGNED in protest over FIFA’s controversial plan to sell stakes in the tournament to private investors led by Josh Kushner.

10412h ago

One Who Waits52

Gosh, it's almost like EVERYTHING Trump touches just turns to absolute shit.

KUNA26

this but also - the worst part is FIFA's been corrupt for decades, and now they're just making it official

weegieman.bsky.social13

The Trumps ruin everything they touch!

pink2233.bsky.social13

Im 56 whole years old and I have never ever in my entire life seen anything like this happen from a sitting president and his extended family and to top it off, noone is doing anything and I mean anything about it. This bish and his family feel unstoppable invincible and all-around powerful. This

Deadcoco12

When you think about it Trump is like Satan he tempts people to go even further with their corruption or into corruption when they would have never even thought about it he corrupts everything he touches everything he does

Chairman Meow7

Gianni Infantino makes Sepp Blatter look ethical. Also, how on the nose is it that the FIFA official conspiring with Trump has a last name that starts with 'Infant'?

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Belvedere2

Well done! Not only he resigns, but also trashes the plan👍

Mark Chadbourn

@chadbourn.bsky.social

Infantino's senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro, a former investment banker, quits in protest at World Cup sell-off.

1862h ago

Grizzled Shopkeep13

What if Infantino gives himself a FIFA Prize in High Finance, would that help

Julie Wash10

When you lose the investment bankers….

BrianB9

Remember, everyone who comes into contact with Trump ends up like this. Sychofantino deserves this.

Charley Norbury 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺8

If it's too distasteful for an investment banker, it's really rancid. Is it not more likely he's quitting because he doesn't think the grift will work, rather than having moral problems with it?

Samuel Spade5

Welcome to the ameriKKKan world order! Where everything is for sale to the highest bidders.

Tropical Vatnikbonker 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇪🇺5

Rats jumping ship. Infantino's crime empire seems to have reached its peak about two weeks ago. It can be a bumpy ride from now on.

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Citizen Snippy △12

It's just all getting too greedy and problematic for the former Goldman Sachs partner who chose to work at an infamously corrupt sports body

Alan Stedman8

I would say the rats are leaving the ship but of course what's is actually happening is the King Rat is still in charge - at least for the moment

Dag.4

So corrupt that investment bankers tap out. That's quite impressive (derogatory).

Olli Rajala3

Kappas. Futissekoilu saa uusia kierteitä.

arseblog

@arseblog.com

Carlos Cordeiro, Senior Advisor to Gianni Infantino quits, and urges other 'principled' people in FIFA to speak out against the sell-off plan. He also lays bare how unnecessary it is. 'The organisation sits on billions of dollars of reserves ...' 💵💵💵

As a Senior Advisor to the FIFA President, a former banker, and a lifelong football fan, I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup.
Let me be clear: I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally. It is a bad deal for FIFA's Member Associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game.
Football has been central to my life, and after more than 35 years in banking, I understand both the value of this asset and the consequences of giving part of it away. That is why this proposal should be rejected.
FIFA already has access to extraordinary financial resources. The organization sits on billions of dollars in reserves and no debt. The FIFA President himself has highlighted the $15 billion in revenue generated between 2022 and 2026. If Member Associations believe additional investment is needed to develop the game, FIFA already has the financial capacity to provide that support from its existing resources. Against that backdrop, selling a permanent stake in football's most valuable asset to raise $4.2 billion makes little sense. It is mortgaging football's future without any compelling justification.

Most troubling of all is the absence of answers to fundamental questions. Why this deal? Why now? What oversight exists? Who benefits? Was there a competitive process? What governance will be in place? What will investors ultimately gain, and at what cost to football?

After careful consideration, I can no longer continue in my role as Senior Advisor to the FIFA President. I have therefore resigned with immediate effect.

It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve FIFA for more than five years & to work alongside dedicated, principled people who care deeply about the game. I hope they, too, will speak up, because decisions of this magnitude should be made in the interests of football, not those who stand to profit from it.

1141h ago

Joseph Steyne2

What the fuck is Arsene (not) doing??

Docker2

Arsene? Arsene ? Allo? Ou es-tu?

Mikel's Midfield Club2

If "lifelong football fan" Carlos Cordeiro thought FIFA was honky dory up until yesterday and now decides to write all this he's probably not much less of a gangster than Infantino, just a bit smarter. Time to jump ship.

Andrew Thompson1

People have beaten me to it… Wenger tarnishes his Arsenal legacy by this complicity with Infantino’s bullshit.

Sam Kunti

@samindrakunti.bsky.social

Carlos Cordeiro has resigned. Senior advisor to Infantino. Ex banker and Infantino's connection to the financial world. Said he had no involvement in the Kushner proposal.

313h ago

Daniel1

Rats fleeing a sinking ship. This guy has enabled Infantino & now all of a sudden he is doing whats best for the game because thats all he cares about?

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Pål Ødegård6

The Icarus moment has arrived for Gianni Infantino? It certainly looks like it

Nicole Selmer6

I like the point that FIFA already has a lot of money, it's such a good counterpoint to the ideas of permanent growth and greed that is (literally) killing us. It's the end for Gianni though.

Danny Page4

I‘ll bring up Michael Clayton again: THIS IS THE GUY YOU BUY. Infantino and Kushner got so high on their own supply (or realized something would happen soon…) so they rushed the whole thing. They are done

Eric Barnes3

That the FIFA desire to raise more cash through selling part ownership of the World Cup came from Jared Kushner is the least surprising aspect of all of this.

Rev Peter W Nimmo

@peternimmo.bsky.social

'“I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup,” Cordeiro, a former Goldman Sachs banker, said in a statement resigning as adviser to FIFA President Gianni Infantino'. Well, if he doesn't like it...!

243h ago

Douglas Reyes-Ceron

@dreyesceron.bsky.social

how fucked up is your dumb scheme when CARLOS CORDEIRO has to resign

352h ago

Laura Phillips

@lauraphillips.bsky.social

@martynziegler.bsky.social: BREAKING: Infantino's senior advisor QUITS over World Cup plan

Statement on behalf of Carlos Cordeiro
As a Senior Advisor to the FIFA President, a former banker, and a lifelong football fan, I cannot stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup.
Let me be clear: I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally. It is a bad deal for FIFA's Member Associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game.
Football has been central to my life, and after more than 35 years in banking, I understand both the value of this asset and the consequences of giving part of it away. That is why this proposal should be rejected.
FIFA already has access to extraordinary financial resources. The organization sits on billions of dollars in reserves and no debt. The FIFA President himself has highlighted the $15 billion in revenue generated between 2022 and
2026. If Member Associations believe additional investment is needed to develop the game, FIFA already has the financial capacity to provide that .....

163h ago

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Adam Powley6

One other good thing that might emerge from this clusterfifafuk are broader questions about its whole composition and purpose. Why, for an example, does an organising body that is registered as a non-profit organisation sit on billions of dollars?

Sue4

Good news but found a spine after UEFA's statement.

Kat 🕊️

@smith83k.bsky.social

FIFA adviser on White House's World Cup panel resigns to protest Infantino private equity plan apnews.com/article/cord...

142h ago

smtm_LFC1975

@smtmlfc.bsky.social

Carlos #Cordeiro Senior Advisor to Gianni Infantino: Have a read of this. 😯 #FIFA

183h ago

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smtm_LFC19752

This is supposedly Infantino's closest spad & #2. And he says this: "Let me be ⁠clear: I ⁠had no involvement in this proposal, ⁠and I oppose it unequivocally. It ⁠is a bad deal for ⁠FIFA's Member Associations, a bad deal for football, and ⁠a bad deal for the ⁠long-term ⁠future of the game." Ooof.

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@philildo.bsky.social

Good to see someone with a backbone in FIFA: Cordeiro, who has resigned, said he had no involvement in the proposal. "Most troubling of all is the absence of answers to fundamental questions," he added. "Why this deal? Why now? What oversight exists? Who benefits?" he wrote.

132h ago

HuffPost

@huffpost.com

"I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally," Carlos Cordeiro said in a statement.

102h ago

Tariq Panja

@tariqpanja.bsky.social

Some colour on Carlos Cordeiro is probably important given his impassioned statement. This is not a football person steeped in the game as he has framed it here. He is someone who was attracted to the game later in life having become extremely wealthy at Goldman’s and wanting something to do.

112h ago

David Phillips

@davidphillips.bsky.social

When Carlos Cordeiro issues a statement like this, you wonder if Infantino can actually survive.

63h ago

hokusai 🌊🌊🌊

@thebluenami.bsky.social

#FIFA INFANTINO's senior advisor RESIGNS & issued a statement saying he had NO involvement in the plan to sell of FIFA to a consortium that includes JARED KUSHNER now UEFA and other FEDERATIONS are in solidarity to boycott FIFA events unless they backtrack #blues www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

52h ago

FairSquare

@fairsq.bsky.social

BREAKING: Gianni Infantino's senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro has quit in protest over the FIFA president's plans to sell World Cup stakes. Via @talksport.com - talksport.com/football/448...

62h ago

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