Will anyone topple Infantino? How Fifa president is trying to cling on after World Cup sell-off debacle

The coverage broadly agrees that a senior adviser to the FIFA chief has quit in protest over a World Cup sell-off plan. However, the framing and tone of the coverage differ across outlets. Centre-leaning outlets like Sky World and Metro focus on the adviser's resignation, while the Daily Mail on the right emphasizes opposition from leading nations and the Asian Federation. In contrast, the Mirror News, which has left and centre-leaning coverage, highlights the backlash against Gianni Infantino and the possibility of a boycott.

Will anyone topple Infantino? How Fifa president is trying to cling on after World Cup sell-off debacle

Fifa president continues to lobby for re-election despite no other candidates coming forward to challenge him For Gianni Infantino there is no international break. The Fifa president is widely expected to make an appearance at the United Nations general assembly this week in New York, where he will lobby heads of state for their federations’ support as he continues his campaign to be re-elected next year. Infantino has not been idle during the lull since Fifa abandoned its World Cup sell-off plan last month, instead crisscrossing the globe on a private jet provided by Qatar Airways as part of its sponsorship deal with world football’s governing body. Continue reading...

Fifa crisis: Is it possible to defend Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan?

Crafting a defence of Infantino isn’t easy, but it is possible to assemble both a behavioural excuse and a commercial justification for the Fifa president’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.  One newspaper evocatively likened Gianni Infantino to Icarus at the weekend after his proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup melted [...]

FIFA chief's senior adviser quits in protest at World Cup sell-off plan

Gianni Infantino's senior adviser has quit in protest at moves by the FIFA president to sell off stakes in the World Cup and said it would be bad for football, Sky News can reveal.

Gianni Infantino's World Cup plot is unravelling as senior advisor QUITS and Asian Federation join leading nations in opposing controversial plan - denying deluded FIFA boss a majority

Gianni Infantino's divisive plan to sell stakes in the World Cup appears to be dead after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) joined UEFA and Concacaf in opposing the plot.

Gianni Infantino’s senior FIFA advisor quits in protest over World Cup plan

Gianni Infantino ally quits as FIFA boss blasted over World Cup plans in angry statement

Gianni Infantino has opened a Pandora's box in his attempts to alter FIFA and the World Cup forever in a controversial fashion