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Gianni Infantino: The King of football’s castle and FIFA’s toughest year since World War II

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PA Images | Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, when he attended the FIFA Council Meeting in Shanghai, China, 24 October 2019.

With football facing $14 billion combined Covid losses, FIFA faces its most difficult year since Jules Rimet’s post-war era.

Gianni is “Brilliant, exhausting, full of ideas and a belief that he can change everything but impatient of others who can’t keep pace with him.”

In 2021 Infantino faces challenges from football agents, confederations and Swiss prosecutors.

21 December 2020 - 3:55 PM

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