He was also lambasted over a number of controversies during the recently-ended World Cup in North America. The 56-year-old Infantino has been under fire since his aborted plan to bring private investment into FIFA events, such as the World Cup.
French football great Michel Platini said on Sunday FIFA president Gianni Infantino “must go” following the scandals that have rocked world football’s governing body. “Economic affairs are one thing but Infantino has failed because he is the guarantor of the rules of the game and he didn’t respect them,” former UEFA president Platini told Canal .
He also pointed to the half-time show during the final which largely overran the required maximum of 15 minutes, and the furore around FIFA suspending the red card ban given to American forward Folarin Balogun following a phone call made by US President Donald Trump to Infantino.
“It won’t be sporting institutions that sort this out and bring him down,” Platini said. “He didn’t bring me down, he benefitted from it,” said Platini.
Since the World Cup, UEFA threatened to boycott FIFA tournaments until Infantino scrapped the FIFA Forward Enterprises plan to bring in private investment.
“The ad breaks are not in the rules, the 30-minute half-time break in the final is not in the rules, and the red card, that’s the worst,” said Platini.
