FIFA official resigns in protest of World Cup investment plan

The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a World Cup privatization plan that could draw investments up to $20 billion, but which has drawn widespread condemnation from most of soccer's worldwide governing bodies.

The latest rebukes of the plan came on Friday when a senior adviser to Infantino stepped down in protest and the Asian soccer governing body, the Asian Football Confederation, said it had watched the developments over the establishment of the FIFA Forward Enterprise, or FFE, the name for the fund, with "deep concern."