Football
I owe my victory to Platini, says new FIFA President
As reported earlier by National Daily, newly elected FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has admitted the role played by banned UEFA President, Michel Platini in his emergence as head of world football governing body.
In his first public statement after his election, Gianni expressed gratitude to banned former UEFA boss Michel Platini after the Swiss was elected FIFA president on Friday.
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Platini and Infantino’s predecessor Sepp Blatter are serving suspensions – reduced this week to six years from eight – for a “disloyal payment” made by the then-FIFA president to the Frenchman in 2011.
But Infantino, who received the backing of 115 federations in the second round of polling at the extraordinary congress in Zurich, offered his thanks to Platini
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