The Jordan Football Association president, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, has accused Gianni Infantino’s administration of “blackmail”, claiming that Fifa threatened to withhold financial assistance from his federation if it refused to back the president’s bid for re-election. View image in fullscreen The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino (centre), and secretary general, Mattias Grafström (right), with Arsène Wenger during the 2026 World Cup. Grafström’s email had urged Fifa staff to keep morale high after what was perceived to be a successful World Cup. 11:54 Is Gianni Infantino’s time up as Fifa president? Wenger, who assumed his current position in November 2019, confirmed he had been among the many senior Fifa staff sidelined by Infantino’s plan.