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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Hughes

Fifth Fifa vice-president turns against Infantino, saying he has ‘lost confidence’ in him

Sandor Csanyi looks over his glasses at a Uefa congress
Sandor Csanyi, the president of the Hungarian football federation, has spoken out against Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino. Photograph: Christopher Neundorf/EPA

Gianni Infantino has lost the support of another one of Fifa’s vice-presidents, with the Hungarian football federation chief, Sandor Csanyi, criticising the president’s “professional judgment, ethical standards and leadership”.

In an explosive letter sent to Infantino on Tuesday, which was first obtained by the news agency Agence France-Presse, Csanyi states that he has “lost the confidence I previously placed in you” and describes the “unexpected dismissal” of Fifa’s chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, as the “final straw”.

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