The world is at war
“ The world is at war “, that’s what the title says Daily Mirror. For the English media, the FIFA president has crossed the line. As the newspaper explains A.S.“ it’s war in football for the World Cup “. Infantino plans to sell minority shares of the commercial rights to the World Cup and Club World Cup to private investors for $10 billion through the creation of a subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise. This initiative, revealed by the Times and the Financial Timesis supported by the Thrive Eternal fund and advised by JP Morgan, and has provoked the lightning of UEFA and Aleksander Ceferin, who denounce a crossing of the red line and firmly remind that “ FIFA does not own football to sell it “. The Team asks, “ are we heading towards a World Cup sale? » If so, that would be a “ nuclear bomb “, as written by Telegraph on his site. Kicker launches an appeal, we must at all costs “ stop Infantino “. THE Corriere dello Sport talks about a World Cup for shareholders. The Italian media accuses Infantino of completing a transformation of FIFA into a veritable cynical and ultra-financialized investment bank. In the Daily Mailwe learn that European nations could go so far as to boycott the next World Cup.
Barça’s big housecleaning
In Mundo Deportivowe are talking about the sales of FC Barcelona, with a large operation released for unwanted players. While Hansi Flick is doing his pre-season training in England, Deco is working with the greatest discretion to finalize the FC Barcelona squad before the restart. The absolute priority remains the recruitment of a number 9 to compensate for the departure of Lewandowski and the uncertainties around Ferran Torres, while the arrival of a central defender will depend on departures. Five players are on the exit ramp: Marc ter Stegen, whose transfer to Ajax conditions the arrival of a new goalkeeper, but also Alejandro Balde, Marc Casadó, Roony Bardghji and Ronald Araujo. The now confirmed return of João Cancelo pushes Balde towards the exit, while Bardghji must give up his place after the signing of Karim Adeyemi. The next few days therefore promise to be decisive in speeding up this big summer clean-up and completing the last targeted reinforcements.
Zidane’s new life
Like most French media, The Team made its headlines on the appointment of Zinédine Zidane as new coach of the France team. The Parisian relays the words of ZZ, “ It’s a dream “. Release speaks of a royal Zidane with this title: “ Royal Blue “. Provence talks about a new life in Blue. In the foreign press, we inevitably welcome the arrival of Zidane. For the Madrid daily, A.S.Zidane comes home. THE Daily Mirror soberly titled in its interior pages: “ France turns to Zidane “. THE Daily Mail evoked ” Zidane’s dream comes true “. For his part, the Corriere dello Sport devotes part of his diary to Zizou, and inevitably by referring to the new coach’s precedents with Italy. “ Twenty years after the headbutt of 2006, Zinédine Zidane makes his comeback to the French team as coach “.
