The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, announced this Sunday in Doha, before the start of the 2022 World Cup, “an additional investment of one billion dollars (969 million euros) for the development of football” worldwide. .
The official stressed that, “despite the pandemic and other moments of crisis in the world, FIFA’s income at the end of the year will be 7.5 billion dollars.” [7,3 mil milhões de euros]over a billion [de dólares] over budget.”
This extra amount will allow the body that governs world soccer to obtain a net result of one billion dollars, anticipated Infantino, who wants to apply the profit to the development of the modality.
“Basically, we will have an expected net result of one billion dollars, which we can invest in soccer right now, starting now and in the next cycle, to further grow soccer in the world,” the official said, quoted by the middle. EFE news agency, to the delegates of the FIFA member associations.
The 2022 World Cup kicked off today in Doha, with the match between the host Qatar and Ecuador, in Group A, and will run until December 18.
Source: TSF
