‘Full support’ for Infantino may spark world football ‘open warfare'

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FIFA's overt support for president Gianni Infantino amid calls for his resignation over plans to sell stakes in a tournament management company risks igniting internal conflict in world football politics. A crisis meeting was held in Morocco addressing these controversies.

FIFA’s declaration of “full support” for its under-fire president Gianni Infantino will spark open warfare in world football politics, sources have told the Press Association. Infantino held a crisis meeting with FIFA’s management board in Morocco on Wednesday following more than a week of calls for him to quit over his plan to sell stakes in a company which would manage the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments to private investors.