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Infantino’s problems mount inside and outside Fifa

Gianni Infantino Fifa Mattias Grafstrom Arsene Wenger UEFA Champions League World Cup FFE Football Paris
Gianni Infantino has been heavily criticised by former Fifa allies Arsene Wenger (left) and secretary-general Mattias Grafstrom (second from right)

PARIS - Pressure on Fifa president Gianni Infantino intensified on Tuesday, with opposition emerging from within world football’s governing body as well as from external critics over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment.

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, appointed in 2019 by Infantino as Fifa’s chief of global football development, said in a statement on Tuesday that “the decision to withdraw the project was absolutely necessary and beyond question”.

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