No rivals, but no detractors: pushed in 2016 to the head of a FIFA wounded by scandals, the Italian-Swiss Gianni Infantino He appears to have secured re-election this Thursday in Kigali with a new four-year term, where he is already full of projects.
Gathered in the Rwandan capital for the 73rd Congress of the world soccer body, delegates from 211 member federations will have only one option: renew the 52-year-old president by acclamation, only in the race as in his previous election.
Michel Platini’s former UEFA confidante (2009-2016), who was unexpectedly elected FIFA president after a dubious payment deal swept out both the French triple Ballon d’Or winner and the organization’s former head Sepp Blatter, seems safe to stay. at the top of the football world until 2027.
And while Zurich’s organizational laws now provide for three terms of a maximum of four years, Infantino has already paved the way to stay on until 2031, declaring in mid-December that he is “in his first term” as his contract from 2016-2019 is incomplete.
Source: La Verdad
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