U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly prepared to do “everything possible” to help his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino retain his position at the summit of world soccer’s governing body in the face of wavering support from his own secretary general.
Infantino has found himself in the center of an ongoing controversy of his own making. The FIFA president’s proposal to sell of shares in the commercial rights of future men’s and women’s World Cups was promptly rebuffed by the majority of the globe. UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, was so disgusted by the “shabby backroom deal” that it threatened to boycott FIFA’s biggest tournament.
