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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Robert O'Connor

Infantino brushes off calls to resign with haircut joke

  • Fifa president Gianni Infantino brushed off calls to resign by making a joke about a reporter's haircut when confronted over an abandoned World Cup sell-off scheme.
  • Infantino was challenged in the Dominican Republic after three continental confederations accused him of “deception” regarding efforts to introduce private investment.
  • When a journalist – who is bald, like Infantino – asked why he had not resigned, Infantino replied: ”You have a nice haircut. Thank you so much.”
  • When pressed further by the journalist, Infantino said: “I’ll see you at the hairdressers.”
  • Uefa has threatened a boycott of Fifa competitions, saying that it has lost confidence in Infantino's leadership.

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Infantino says ‘I’ll see you at the hairdressers’ in bizarre response to questions about ‘betraying’ Fifa

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