If a week is a long time in politics, then the past 10 days must have felt like an eternity for Fifa president Gianni Infantino – that’s how long it has taken for a man who has ruled football and cosied up to world leaders for years to seemingly be on the verge of losing it all.On Wednesday, the Swiss lawyer was in Morocco holding crisis talks with senior Fifa officials as he battled to save his job, when he should have been starting a seven-month-long coronation ahead of securing a fourth and final term in one of the most powerful positions in the world.While the leadership of football’s governing body – at least those in attendance – reaffirmed their “full support” for the 56-year-old, that was just the latest shot in a conflict threatening to become all-out civil war within the game, and came shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he did not “have confidence in Mr Infantino after this point”.UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham had previously said Infantino was the “wrong man to lead the organisation”, while former Real Madrid star Luis Figo, a member of the Fifa Legends who was reportedly asked to support the game’s top executive, offered a blunter assessment.Writing in UK newspaper The Daily Mail, Figo described Infantino’s behaviour as “deceitful and cravenly self-interested”, and accused him of trying to “force through such major changes just to enrich himself and his friends”.Ex-Real Madrid star Luis Figo called for Gianni Infantino’s immediate resignation this week. Photo: dpaIn a statement after the meeting in Rabat, Fifa acknowledged that “mistakes were made” during the attempt to open up the World Cup to private investors, but it also said that it would “no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process and will take all necessary measures to protect and safeguard its name and reputation”.