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Embattled Fifa chief Gianni Infantino holds emergency talks in Morocco with top officials
['Agence France-Presse']
South China Morning Post
President Gianni Infantino held emergency talks with other Fifa directors in Morocco on Wednesday, a source told AFP, amid a wave of criticism over his now shelved plan to open the World Cup to private investment.
Infantino, a 56-year-old Swiss lawyer – who is holding the meeting in Fifa’s Africa regional office in Sale close to Rabat – was in Morocco to celebrate last week’s Feast of the Enthronement.
Morocco is to co-host the 2030 World Cup and Moroccan football chief Fouzi Lekjaa is one of the few to have publicly supported Infantino since the humiliating climbdown.
A car believed to be carrying Gianni Infantino arriving at Fifa’s Africa office in Sale on Wednesday.
Photo: AFPLekjaa last Saturday praised his “wise” move to scrap the plan in the interests of “unity and cohesion”.