Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleGianni Infantino was confronted by a reporter in the Dominican Republic (PA)Fifa president Gianni Infantino brushed off calls to resign by making a joke about a reporter's haircut when confronted over an abandoned World Cup sell-off scheme. Infantino was challenged in the Dominican Republic after three continental confederations accused him of “deception” regarding efforts to introduce private investment. When a journalist – who is bald, like Infantino – asked why he had not resigned, Infantino replied: ”You have a nice haircut. Thank you so much.”When pressed further by the journalist, Infantino said: “I’ll see you at the hairdressers.”Uefa has threatened a boycott of Fifa competitions, saying that it has lost confidence in Infantino's leadership. In fullInfantino says ‘I’ll see you at the hairdressers’ in bizarre response to questions about ‘betraying’ FifaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Infantino brushes off calls to resign with haircut joke
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleGianni Infantino was confronted by a reporter in the Dominican Republic (PA)Fifa president Gianni Infantino brushed off calls to resign by making a joke about a reporter's haircut when confronted over an abandoned World Cup sell-off scheme. Infantino was challenged in the Dominican Republic after three continental confederations accused him of “deception” regarding efforts to introduce private investment. When a journalist – who is bald, like Infantino – asked why he had not resigned, Infantino replied: ”You have a nice haircut. Thank you so much.”When pressed further by the journalist, Infantino said: “I’ll see you at the hairdressers.”Uefa has threatened a boycott of Fifa competitions, saying that it has lost confidence in Infantino's leadership. In fullInfantino says ‘I’ll see you at the hairdressers’ in bizarre response to questions about ‘betraying’ FifaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
