It has, Gianni Infantino claims, been the best World Cup ever.
Forget the thousands of empty seats at knockout games, the muzzling of players aiming to speak out, fans being threatened with reprisals for expressing their identities and the thousands of migrant workers who died in preparing the city of Doha for this tournament, the FIFA president considers the whole thing a “fantastic success” where the sport was “defending human rights”.
But as Qatar nears the end of its month as the centre of attention - whether that is perceived as a good or bad thing still depends on the vested interest of the person you are speaking with - it is time to look forward.
