Fifa And Infantino’s Credibility 'Shot To Pieces' | Simon Johnson
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“I can’t see any way back for [Fifa] under Gianni Infantino’s leadership.” Supporters “rightly” hate the idea of selling a sport to the highest bidder, and the secretive way that Fifa tried to do it caused a “schism” which will be difficult to recover from, says former director of corporate affairs at the FA Simon Johnson. Simon Johnson was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 4-7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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