Joshua Kushner, a venture capitalist and the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, says he regrets becoming involved in FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. He says his investment group did not fully understand the political dynamics surrounding global football.
BBC Sport and Sky News report that Kushner says he would not have taken part had he known how the football world would react. The accounts present his position as regret over engagement with the deal that was later scrapped. The reports also link him to the wider effort to reshape FIFA’s commercial strategy through financial investors.
Yahoo UK News references Kushner breaking his silence on the same World Cup sell-off plans, though it provides less detail in the provided excerpt. Across the coverage, the central point is that Kushner acknowledges involvement and expresses concern that he and his group underestimated the level of controversy and pushback the proposal triggered.
