🔻The London Times newspaper, in a report about pressures on Gianni Infantino amid a sales crisis for a portion of the World Cup business, wrote: Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, had spoken about “snakes that were very close to us.” He meant colleagues who thought they were alongside him, but suddenly faced betrayal from them.

🔹According to this outlet, the head of UEFA—who has a karate black belt and has put pressure on Infantino in recent weeks—is seen as the most likely person to deliver the final blow to the FIFA president.

🔹Ceferin says that in his current position he has learned well how difficult it is to forge unity among members; a union that he was able to build across European football over the past week.

🔹After it was revealed that Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, is pursuing a plan to hand over part of the ownership of competitions such as the World Cup to private investors, FIFA entered a management crisis, and Ceferin became the figure who is more likely than any other person to be able to remove Infantino from power.

🔹Read a story of the clash between the UEFA president and the FIFA president on the site.