Adam Crafton

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3,592 appearances 27 recordings 6 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 17 Sep

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · How FIFA Tried (and Failed) to Sell the Soul of Football · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

And they all found out, they only found out because it was reported brilliantly by the Times of London and also the Financial Times.

And because they found out in that way, and you're caught on the hop and you're not consulted,

It calls into questions, you know, all sorts of questions about governance, transparency, opacity.

You know, if you were a CEO of a major company and you'd done something like that without the permission of your board or anybody that you report to, you know, Infantino is, he reports to an elector.

He is elected.

He is not a kink.

So he has to be transparent about what he's up to.

And he failed in all those respects.

So I think when you tack that on to the previous opacity, even something like the FIFA Peace Prize, where they didn't consult with any of the vice presidents or the FIFA council, it's just the latest example.

And I don't think you can underestimate the accumulation

And also, you know, on top of it, you then look at who the investor is, the surname's Kushner, and it's like, for God's sake, Gianni, right?

Like, I mean, help yourself here, right?

I think some viewers will kind of roll their eyes at this.

And I think even I'm about to roll my eyes at what I'm saying.

But I kind of asked a few people about Joshua Kushner because I haven't heard much about him prior to this investment.

Obviously, everyone knows a lot about Jared.

And Jared's got a very long-standing relationship with Infantino.

Goes back to the World Cup bid in 2018.

He was very key to getting some of the votes for the US at the time during Trump's first presidency.

He was very key, actually, to getting the World Cup final to MetLife Stadium, convening a dinner of business leaders and local politicians.

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