FIFA confronts UEFA boycott over World Cup privatization plan FAST-MOVING

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What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.

• [● 16 SOURCES] UEFA and its 55 member associations voted unanimously to boycott all FIFA competitions if the plan proceeds. (UEFA boycott announcement covered in multiple articles (e.g., 1a87a9d6, f27c65b4).)
• [● 15 SOURCES] CONCACAF rejected the plan. (5f596620-487e-4dad-b6ba-3303d35a27c0)
• [● 5 SOURCES] The opposition threatens the scheduling of upcoming FIFA tournaments, including the women’s U‑20 World Cup in Poland and the men’s U‑17 World Cup in Qatar. (new)
• [● 26 SOURCES] FIFA proposed creating a commercial subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise valued at $20 billion and selling up to 20 % of its shares to private investors to raise about $4.2 billion. (6c15ffbf-ca04-4c9a-94b7-bb62a8e37ea4, ce0a4f57-f12f-4d1e-8713-b53ed0952282, b3fdff1e-05c0-4429-aad9-71f02e81d34a, 5ee042)
• [● 3 SOURCES] Real Madrid and Juventus publicly criticized the FIFA private‑investment plan. (Club statements)
• [● 9 SOURCES] Senior FIFA official Carlos Cordeiro resigned in protest of the plan. (5ee04294-1e0c-4742-a08b-509e0b79ea46, fe713d08-3ce7-4297-b13a-3989f82c6067)
• [● 8 SOURCES] Critics say the plan could shift revenue distribution toward investor profit at the expense of development programmes. (multiple articles)
• [● 11 SOURCES] FIFA offered $40 million to each of the 211 member federations for a temporary “yes” before 19 September. (multiple)
• [● 12 SOURCES] European football federations reject FIFA's private‑investment plan. (multiple)
• [● 9 SOURCES] Lamour described the investor plan as “a project of one person.” (letter to AP)
• [● 18 SOURCES] FIFA operations director Kevin Lamour criticized the plan, saying staff were deceived. (5ee04294-1e0c-4742-a08b-509e0b79ea46, d280a798-2cfa-46e4-8ddc-0a8f77dcce94)
• [● 10 SOURCES] Carlos Cordeiro, a senior adviser to Infantino, resigned in protest of the investor plan. (article statements)