Fifa President Gianni Infantino doesn’t do press conferences often – this was his first since Auckland, New Zealand in 2023 before the Women’s World Cup. But when he does speak, they’re generally worth listening to. Who can forget “Today I feel gay” in Doha in 2022?
But with deep concerns over visa issues, Iran’s freedom of movement in and out of the US, Infantino’s choice to politically align with Donald Trump and umpteen other things ahead of the World Cup, this one was always going to be fun.
Here are the choice parts of the Infantino press conference.
‘I would ask you to really focus on football’
Ah, this again. We have heard it from Infantino and others before. So here’s the thing: we will focus on what matters to people. Some only care about football, others don’t care about football at all. Others care about the football and about the geopolitical ramifications.
