THE INSIDER
Four more years
The president of FIFA is upset with us. Not with World Soccer, specifically, nor with this columnist, personally, but with the media, generally. We have Gianni Infantino, if not bewitched, then most certainly bothered and bewildered.
The 53-year-old Swiss lawyer is on record as a sensitive soul. On the eve of last year’s World Cup finals in Qatar he portrayed himself as the personification of every downtrodden soul in this world. At least, downtrodden to the extent allowed by his reported £1.16 million annual pay packet.
Now Infantino has bared his soul again. This time it was within hours of being re-elected unopposed by acclamation for
