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    Keir RADNEDGE

    Jun 21, 2019 5 minutes

    Infantino’s African problem

    Within hours of Gianni Infantino’s reelection as FIFA president, the smile was wiped off his face by the latest farcical twist within CAF.

    As Infantino was assuring the world that his new FIFA was as bright and shiny as Jurgen Klopp’s teeth, French police were waiting to pounce on African confederation president Ahmad over corruption allegations.

    To rewind: Swiss lawyer Infantino was elected in 2016 to serve out the remaining three years of the term to which banned and disgraced Sepp Blatter had been voted in 2015. Infantino had been parachuted in by European federation UEFA after its own president, Michel Platini, had been banned himself over a murky financial deal with Blatter.

    Hence Infantino stood for reelection this year in Paris to a first of a possible three

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