Truce in the football war! Europe backs down from the biggest boycott in history

The crisis that threatened to tear world football apart is coming to an end.

Details: According to BBC Sport, UEFA is set to drop its threat to boycott FIFA competitions after receiving key assurances. The European governing body has been guaranteed there will be no repeat of Gianni Infantino's plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors.

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The scandal erupted on July 30, when all 55 UEFA member associations unanimously voted to boycott FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, after Infantino proposed selling up to 20% of the new commercial entity FIFA Forward Enterprise, valued at $20 billion, to private investors. Under pressure from UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC, the FIFA president withdrew the project and even apologized, but the Europeans insisted their trust in him was lost for good. The decision to lift the boycott threat clears the way for European teams to take part in the U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland next month.

However, this is not a capitulation: sources insist UEFA's opposition to Infantino remains unchanged, and Aleksander Ceferin has already warned that the FIFA president must either resign or face a leadership challenge in March. It's worth noting that the failed project promised to double the funding for each of FIFA's 211 member associations from $10 million to $20 million over four years.

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