Infantino apologises to FIFA council but critics remain unhappy - Al Jazeera
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FIFA council meeting lasts over three hours as President Gianni Infantino apologies to members, but critics want more. Gianni Infantino apologised to his toughest critics but provided no new details or documents on FIFA issues that most concern them at a showdown meeting of its ruling council on Thursday. No documents about the $4.2bn World Cup sell-off plan he launched and dropped in July. No details about the Folarin Balogun red-card case at the World Cup and how US President Donald Trump intervened to help the national team forward. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4French football body urges fans and students to keep politics out of stadiumslist 2 of 4Real Madrid’s Vinicius says he’s being targeted by refereeslist 3 of 4Man United’s Martinez takes to social media to defend his criticism of clublist 4 of 4Has Yamal surpassed Messi and Mbappe as a 19-year-old footballer?end of listWorld football’s ruling body FIFA will, however, review whether to continue awarding the peace prize that was created to be given to Trump in December.
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