Infantino tells BBC Sport he is backed by 'vast majority' of world football
FIFA President Gianni Infantino claims he retains the support of the majority of world football despite recent controversies and calls for his resignation. He defended his leadership and proposed increased development funding.
Why it matters
The internal power struggle at FIFA impacts the governance and financial distribution of the world's most popular sport.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Infantino was speaking in Baku prior to the Fifa Under-15 World Cup
Sports News Correspondent in Baku Published 15 minutes ago Fifa president Gianni Infantino insists he has the backing of the "vast, vast majority" of world football, as he laughed off questions about whether he had considered resigning over the World Cup sell-off debacle.
In a rare interview, he struck a defiant tone to BBC Sport about his own position in the wake of the controversial Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, and said it was not always easy to bring different points of view "under one roof".
"There is nothing bad in disagreeing," he said. "We see it every day in so many countries in the world. It's OK to disagree. It's OK to have different points of view, but then we need to be able to move on."
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in