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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jim van Wijk and Robert O'Connor

Gianni Infantino’s ‘jealous’ critics need to ‘get their head examined’, claims Donald Trump ally

Under-fire Fifa president Gianni Infantino has taken the governing body to a “whole new level” which has left his critics “jealous”, according to Andrew Giuliani, who was executive director for the White House Task Force on the 2026 World Cup.

New Zealand’s football federation became the latest organisation to withdraw its support for the Infantino’s re-election next year as he continues to lose global support over his aborted plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup to private investors.

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