Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Jamie Rudd. This is the messy effect and
FIFA may have just opened the biggest fight in football's history.
Let's get into it. The lead is FIFA's plan to
sell a stake in the commercial business of the World Cup.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has unveiled a proposal for a
roughly twenty billion dollar commercial entity that would sell minority
stakes to private investors and put outside money into the
World Cup's commercial rights. Reports say the Kushner family is
among the investors being discussed. The proposal is already facing
furious resistance from UEFA, which says FIFA is crossing a
line and that the soul of football is not FIFA's
to sell. The stakes could get even higher this week.
UEFA is preparing an emergency meeting to discuss the proposal,
and a World Cup boycott has reportedly entered the conversation.
That would be an extraordinary escalation. European football is not
just objecting to a business deal, It is challenging who
gets to control the sport's biggest event and who gets
to profit from it. FIFA wants more capital and a
bigger commercial machine. UEFA is warning that the world Cup
cannot become a private equity project. This story is not
going away. Now to the controversy corner, the International Football
Association Board, the game's rule making body, has confirmed that
the var process used to send off Switzerland's brial En
Below against Argentina was wrong. In the World Cup quarterfinal,
the referee used the mistaken identity protocol to rescind a
yellow card for Argentina's Leandro Parides and give En Below
a second yellow for simulation. IFAB says that protocol cannot
be used that way. Argentina went on to win three
to one in extra time while Switzerland played with ten men. Egypt,
another Argentina opponent, has also complained about officiating. That does
not prove a conspiracy, but it does mean the tournament
now has a serious officiating controversy attached to one of
Argentina's biggest matches. The rules body has admitted the process
was wrong, and that is enough to keep the questions alive.
There is also a decision coming for the United States
Men's national team. US Soccer has offered Mauricio Pochettino an
extension through the twenty thirty World Cup cycle. The USMNT
went out in the round of sixteen with a four
to one defeat to Belgium on home soil. So continuity
is not an obvious choice to everybody, but the federation
appears to believe Pochettino is the right person to build
through the next cycle. If he signs, he would be
the longest serving US men's national team coach since Bruce Arena.
A decision is expected soon and the transfer window is
still moving. Real Madrid are continuing their pursuit of rod
Ree with a fresh update reportedly suggesting the Spanish club
remains determined to make the Manchester City midfielder a major
target after Madrid's post World Cup spending spree. This is
the one move that could reshape the top of European football.
City have no reason to make it easy, but Madrid
are not going away, so that's where we are. FIFA
wants to turn the World Cup into a bigger private
commercial operation. UEFA is considering an emergency response IFAB has
admitted the Argentina var process was wrong. Pochettino is weighing
his future with the USMNT, and Real Madrid are still
circling Rodriy for the messy effect. I'm Jamie Rudd,