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Gianni Infantino faces grilling at potentially ‘explosive’ Fifa council meeting
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World Cup sell-off, Balogun and peace prize on agendaOpponents will press home need for independent reviewGianni Infantino will be grilled by Fifa council members over his involvement in the aborted World Cup sell-off plan, the Folarin Balogun affair and the decision to award Donald Trump the inaugural Fifa peace prize at what is expected to be a heated meeting at the world governing body’s headquarters on Thursday.The Fifa president rejected repeated calls for an extraordinary general meeting of council during the summer after the emergence of the controversial Fifa Forward…
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