Senior officials at the top of Fifa and Uefa are “very concerned” about the potential impact of interest by the United States in Greenland on the World Cup and wider game, sources say, as football federations try to navigate a diplomatic crisis.
There have been no official meetings, and no public statements. Everyone is instead looking to Fifa president Gianni Infantino and wondering exactly what he is thinking. It is a consequence of the federation being geared around one central figure; in a way that means it may not have the governance suitable to deal with Trump’s upheaval. If it seems absurd that all of this is the responsibility of one man, that’s just the way the system has been designed. Fifa is not the forum for constructive debate.
