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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jack Snape

Football Australia chair Anter Isaac dismisses recent Fifa ructions as ‘growing pains’

Fifa president Gianni Infantino.
Football Australia chair Anter Isaac has said it is ‘premature’ to talk about backing embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino in the upcoming elections. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Football Australia chair Anter Isaac has played down concerns around the controversial World Cup privatisation push engineered by Gianni Infantino ahead of a meeting of Asian confederation officials in Tokyo this week.

Isaac’s sentiments come amid a global rebound in support for the embattled Fifa president, who at one stage appeared unlikely to be able to continue in his role following criticism led by officials in Europe and North America.

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