US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be " a terrible mistake" to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup to private investors.

Trump’s support for the FIFA boss comes as he faces a growing revolt from several soccer nations over his now-scrapped secretive plans to privatize the World Cup.

US president Donald Trump has warned Fifa would be making a ‘terrible mistake’ if they get rid of Gianni Infantino as the head of world football’s governing body