Infantino on a knife’s edge as rivals circle and members ready the guillotine Removing him would require a simple majority, 106 of 211 votes cast by secret ballot. Football 19 min ago

The question hanging over world football is no longer whether under siege Fifa President Gianni Infantino’s critics are angry.

That is the distance Infantino must now measure, between the number of associations still willing to say they support him, and the number who would vote to keep him when no one can see how they voted.

Under the proposal, private investors would have acquired a 20 per cent stake in World Cup commercial rights for a reported $4.