Dion Fanning
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888 appearances
15 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Dion Fanning’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And then it turned out they were going to get four more places.
The increase hasn't, it's changed completely.
If you look at the increase now, you know, it's Africa and other places that have benefited and UEFA haven't got the same bounce out of it.
Well, you know, that is, like, FIFA have, you know, they have maintained this, like, sort of ludicrous position of, like, you know, the tournament is almost, is sacrosanct.
How the structures are, Iran will be there, we will make sure it's there, Infantino is taking credit for the fact that they're even there in the first place.
But the, as you say, the conditions they're being made to play in,
ridiculous and I think there's probably a political element to that in terms of FIFA and Infantino 2 because anything that would be seen to give sucker to Iran he would be concerned essentially his game is trying to what does second guess Donald Trump His game is sucking up to whoever's in power and whoever the host country is.
He is.
And it's an extraordinary backdrop and things are escalating again in that war as the World Cup begins.
And it is extraordinary and bizarre and surreal.
But the other thing that, again, this actually adds to the importance.
Like, this is the extraordinary thing about the World Cup industry.
You know, like, not wanting to go down to kind of, let's separate the politics from it, because the politics is integral and essential in discussing it.
But this element of tension that this creates.
And, you know, I think, I would imagine that rather than it actually...
diluting how people in Iran feel about the World Cup, although they have their own issues with the Iranian team.
Like, you know, probably people would be supporting, I'd say to me, a lot of people would be supporting Iran in that game.
Not that they're saints either, but actually... But that's the way it probably, that says a lot about Donald Trump and the way he's done things.
Well, that was the thing when I heard Infantino yesterday and he made that chill comment and
It sort of landed so badly.
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