‎FIFA has said it plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary. ‎‎‘Expanding To 64 Teams’‎‎In June, ahead of the World Cup, FIFA, which folds competition income into revenue for the whole year, anticipated record revenues exceeding seven billion euros ($8bn) for 2026. ‎‎In 2019, a FIFA stakeholders’ committee rejected an Infantino-backed plan for a $25bn private investment in an expanded Club World Cup. ‎‎The Times speculated that the creation of FFE could have an impact on the World Cup and the Club World Cup. ‎‎Estimates for its losses when ISL, which negotiated World Cup rights deals, went bust in 2001 were anywhere between $30mn and $115mn.