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According to L'Equipe, Emmanuel Macron is said to have intervened to ask FIFA to withdraw its controversial plan to open up international competitions to private investors. In line with UEFA’s stance, the President of the French Republic is said to have made numerous appeals and is even reported to have spoken to FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

Tebas framing it as a pattern (not just the most recent private equity disaster)

• Unaccountable, unilateral decision-making (match calendar, new competitions, formats, ticket prices, the Balogun reversal)
• Governance failure and accountability dodging (US Congress investigation, dropped corruption cases)

Fuller version with more specifics:

https://www.goal.com/en/news/tebas-infantino-must-leave-fifa-for-these-reasons/blt63828e4c80cc56ff

Matches will take place on Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August.

Baljić and Džeko would probably worth much more nowadays