
The Guardian1d ago
Fifa insists Gianni Infantino will remain president after Rabat crisis meeting
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Fifa on Wednesday night confirmed that Gianni Infantino will remain as president after a meeting of its senior executives in Rabat. In a statement which also revealed that Infantino has sent written apologies to the Fifa council and the 211 member associations for failing to consult them over the World Cup sell-off, the world governing body said that he retains the full support of his leadership team. Infantino had spent the day in talks with Fifa’s general secretary, Mattias Grafström, and chief legal officer, Emilio García Silvero, during which he expressed his determination to stay on in the face of mounting criticism from Uefa and the North American confederation Concacaf,…
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