Fifa defends Gianni Infantino and launches attack after ‘effort to undermine’ president

Fifa backs ‘democratically-elected’ president Thinly-veiled attack aimed on Uefa as crisis roars on Fifa last night issued a thinly-veiled attack on Uefa and other leading figures in European football in a statement which alleged there is a “concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine Fifa and its president,” as football’s civil war escalated further. Uefa has made it clear they regard Infantino’s continued leadership of world football as untenable following his role in the World Cup…