Fifa launches new attack on media over alleged ‘concerted effort’ to undermine Gianni Infantino

Fifa backs ‘democratically-elected’ president Thinly-veiled attack aimed on Uefa as crisis roars on Fifa last night issued a thinly-veiled attack on Uefa and other leading figures in European football in a statement which alleged there is a “concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine Fifa and its president,” as football’s civil war escalated further. Uefa has made it clear they regard Infantino’s continued leadership of world football as untenable following his role in the World Cup sell-off plans , while the Guardian revealed on Friday the Norwegian Football Federation has publicly called on him to resign , with Fifa responding by accusing them of attempting to subvert the organisation’s democratic processes. Continue reading...