Wenger and Infantino’s No 2 Grafström criticise ‘sad and reproachable’ World Cup plan
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Senior Fifa duo pile pressure on under-fire presidentWenger reveals he knew nothing about investment planGianni Infantino’s authority was dealt a further blow after his No 2, the Fifa secretary general Mattias Grafström, called the failed World Cup private investment plan a “sad and reproachable series of events”.In further evidence that senior Fifa personnel continue to distance themselves from Infantino and his botched scheme, Arsène Wenger issued a statement on Tuesday morning saying the project’s withdrawal was “absolutely necessary and beyond question”. The former Arsenal manager is Fifa’s chief of global…
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