The members voted unanimously to boycott FIFA competitions in protest of the plan. "The World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product... No part of it should ever be surrendered to private investors. Shortly after the newspaper reports, FIFA, the sport's global governing body, issued a statement in which it confirmed the plan. DFB: FIFA plan 'problematic and unacceptable'Germany's mass-circulation Bild paper reported that key UEFA officials including German FA (DFB) President Bernd Neuendorf had already discussed the FIFA plans via a video call on Wednesday. By far the most valuable of these are those linked to the World Cup,Under the plan, FIFA said it could make $10 billion available for development beginning in 2027.