“It is the project of one person,” said FIFA’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour, a long-time colleague of Infantino at both FIFA and UEFA.

How each outlet headlined it

• Yahoo Sports center

  “It is the project of one person,” said FIFA’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour, a long-time colleague of Infantino at both FIFA and UEFA.
• BBC Football center

  Fifa's chief operating officer strongly criticises Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors.
• Financial Times center

  Gianni Infantino says it was ‘clear’ the project created divisions that are no longer in the interest of the body’s initial objective
• Hollywood Reporter center

  "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," the FIFA president said in a statement on Friday.