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FIFA slams effort to ‘undermine’ chief Infantino after nixed investment plan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePARIS, France — FIFA condemns “a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine” the world game’s governing body and its president Gianni Infantino as the controversy over his now-shelved private investment plan rumbles on.
Infantino has faced calls to resign and was also subject to allegations from a British newspaper on Friday that he paid off a lover while at European governing body UEFA.
“Recent reporting has included unsubstantiated assertions and demonstrably false claims concerning FIFA and its President,” the FIFA statement says.
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