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Infantino nudged closer to the door by a friend

US president’s backing not the uniting force it might once have been

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Wed Aug 12 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ

Sir, - Now that under-pressure Fifa president Gianni Infantino has secured the backing of US president Donald Trump, his chances of retaining his much-coveted position must be next to zilch.

With friends like Trump . . . - Yours, etc,

PAUL DELANEY,

Dalkey,

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