While he was at the height of his power, less than a month ago, Gianni Infantino is now on the edge of the precipice. Since abandoning his plan to sell shares of the World Cup to private investors, the FIFA president has been increasingly isolated. On Monday, the Welsh Football Association was the first to publicly and officially withdraw its support for the next FIFA presidential election.
For its part, UEFA is intensifying its pressure and its threats towards Italo-Switzerland and the governing body of world football. Cornered, Gianni Infantino is now seeking to regain control of the situation, with the support of his friend Donald Trump.
The “New York Post”, a media outlet known to be close to the American president, revealed on Monday that Gianni Infantino had requested an interview with the Trump administration. This was confirmed on
“He wanted to prove that football could be a source of soft power for the United States, but we all know that it was to keep his job,” writes the “New York Post”, quoting a source, about this meeting. Except that it is rumored that Donald Trump no longer answers Gianni Infantino’s calls and that contact between them has broken down.
Moreover, the White House, via its Deputy Secretary of State Dylan Johnson, clarified that “it was not planned for Secretary of State Rubio to speak with Infantino and that no call was planned either”.
Thus, vagueness reigns around whether or not Donald Trump maintains support for Gianni Infantino in his role as FIFA president.
