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The most controversial part of the plan was a deal to sell a minority stake to private investors including a firm run by Joshua Kushner, the brother of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. "Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place," Infantino said in a statement. "Our purpose has always been - and will always be - to unite and improve," he added. "As a result, this proposal will not proceed." Infantino's plan had drawn swift opposition from the minute it was unveiled.
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