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Daily Mirror
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Tom Blow

FIFA president Gianni Infantino criticised for impractical demand at Pele's funeral

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has bizarrely called for all 211 national football associations to name a stadium after the late, great Pele.

The Brazilian icon's two-day funeral started in Santos on Monday, with Infantino in attendance. Pele's coffin will lie in state at the Estadio Urbano Caldeira - Santos' ground - for 24 hours before a parade takes place on Tuesday. He will be laid to rest later that day.

Infantino's suggestion has been criticised on social media for its impracticality. It's unclear how each national association will come to a decision on which stadium to rename and whether supporters of the impacted clubs will agree with the proposal.

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