Miguel Delaney
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1,810 appearances
16 recordings
7 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3d ago
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There's kind of wider dynamics going on here with Infantino and FIFA.
Look, one of the reasons FIFA are taking these decisions, one of the reasons that Infantino spoke the way he did in what I thought was such a brazen manner in his pre-World Cup press conference.
Actually, it wasn't really a press conference given he barely took any testing questions.
I think it's because he's felt so secure in power.
And there has been kind of almost a Trump aspect to it in the way he speaks, the way he rambles, the way he's evidently facing very little resistance.
But there is a sense from speaking to people in football politics that this is actually starting to change, that a lot of different federations, they're quite uneasy about it.
Well, they have been uneasy the way this has been going under Infantino's leadership.
And now it's like a lot around the World Cup is pushing this.
And I think it could finally bring a challenger.
Well, look, the way FIFA politics works is, I suppose this is infamous by now, it's one country, one vote, regardless of size.
That is kind of further... Sorry, the purer democratic principles of that are further compromised by the fact that...
FIFA has this redistribution system where all the money generated from the World Cup is spread back around the game.
Now it's called the FIFA 4 program.
And so countries like Vanuatu, who are often mentioned as an example,
They might be struggling for finance.
FIFA basically gives them, as part of this, the redistribution program, gives them a lot that is game-changing for the country.
And in normal circumstances, that would be quite noble.
In these circumstances, it just means this system is basically a vote-returning mechanism.
It's essentially parish-pump politics.
without usually any opposition candidates, because any opposition candidates know that, well, when the president is already in this position, it's very difficult to fight, because what that has meant is basically, Infantino has all of, he has had all of Asia locked off,
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