Isolated Infantino finds support in Africa ahead of CAF meeting
Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ex-Arsenal boss Wenger was ‘not aware’ of Infantino’s FIFA planlist 2 of 4UEFA confirms legal letter served to FIFA after Infantino’s World Cup planlist 3 of 4Report: FIFA’s Infantino sought Trump backing after failed World Cup planlist 4 of 4England set to follow Wales in withdrawing support for FIFA’s Infantinoend of listTheir messages came ahead of a meeting of the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday at which they will discuss the abandoned plan to raise $4.
Gifting grants to member associations was first floated by Infantino’s predecessor, Sepp Blatter, when he stood for election against Lennart Johansson in 1998, and he won with backing from most African countries, who had never before received financial help from world football’s governing body, even though CAF formally endorsed the Swede, who was then UEFA president.
Leading African football administrators have sent messages of support to embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino as he looks to the continent’s 54 members for backing in a bid to keep his job.
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