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Hello and welcome to Guardian Football Weekly. In any normal world, UEFA, ConcaCAF, and the AFC coming together to accuse the FIFA president of trust broken through deception would surely mean the end for Gianni Infantino. But will the latest pressure on the FIFA president make any difference? Donald Trump says he's a great guy. Speaking of great guys, Jeff Bezos is after a bit of Liverpool. Does that mean they stop paying tax? We'll do the more interesting. How will Liverpool do this season chat? We'll talk Jose at Real Madrid. We'll talk Jose's Netflix documentary, Amazed Someone So shy and retiring, agreed to be the subject of such a thing. There's the haphazard attempts to get a new Italy manager, Paul Watson's World of Football.
And ladies and gentlemen, the first ever Lars Sivid St. Quiz. Could this be our chance to break into shiny floor Saturday night TV? We'll take your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.
on the panel today. Nikki Bandini, welcome.
Morning.
What is the latest controversy surrounding FIFA president Gianni Infantino?
From the excellent sweeper pod, Paul Watson. Hi Paul. Hi, Max. Don't tease it too much. Uh Lars Sividsen, quiz show host. All that's all the information I have is Larson do a quiz. You've got big, Max. That that worries
me. I mean it's a slow week, but we'll we'll see what we can do.
Okay, excellent. Charlie says, Is the plan now to give us loads of podcasts so that Infantino will leave just after you've recorded one? The latest on, Janny, basically, as we finished recording yesterday, there was this joint open letter from UEFA at the AFC, the Asian Football Confederation, and CONCACAF uh calling for leadership that says football not seeks to command it. They accused Infantino of trust broken through deception. Um they've started preliminary discussions about organizing new competitions for the To WAFA's repeated threats to boycott FIFA events. Nick Ames reported uh that next month's under twenty Women's World Cup could take place without European teams. Alternative options are being sought.
So that letter was signed by Alexander Shefrin, UEFA president, the AFC counterpart, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim El Khalifa and the Conquer President Victor Montaniani, uh who as Matt Hughes mentioned yesterday is a candidate to replace Infantino. The three presidents call for an independent review conducted by a body outside of football into the affair. Like I said in the intro, Nikki, in any normal world this will be a huge deal, but I just can't work out if it is a huge deal or not.
I think it is a huge deal. Uh the the threats being made by the Confederations is a huge deal. The fact that there's serious talk of boycotting events, it's certainly a huge deal. And I I do feel like this is the part of the story that's certainly being brushed over sometimes.
How are UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF challenging Infantino’s leadership?
Certainly a huge deal for all those players who were looking forward to playing in the under twenties uh World Cup coming up. And part of me thinks, unfortunately, would this be being treated the same way if that was men's players, not women's players? It's a frustration of mine. I do think that's being a little bit brushed under, but it is a big deal. Where it's going to end, I still don't know. I think lots of us still don't know and and we do feel like God, this goes beyond football, doesn't it? We're in an era where Scandal just doesn't necessarily mean anything anymore. Scandal for prominent individuals doesn't necessarily mean they're going to end up out on their air, it doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to fall on their sword.
Well they're certainly Infantino's shown absolutely no inclination that he's going to show fall on his sword. And so where it's going to lead in in that picture, I I don't know. But I I think it's a big deal. I can't remember any point in my time watching football where you've had several of the biggest, richest confederations so openly at odds with the the leader of the body that notionally represents world football.
Yeah, we're so far away from, you know, that comedy sketch or whatever, you know, like the old Tory MP standing outside his house with his family going, I made a terrible mistake and I must resign, aren't we?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:05
2
What is the latest controversy surrounding FIFA president Gianni Infantino?
1:05–2:33
3
How are UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF challenging Infantino’s leadership?
2:33–6:14
4
How might Jeff Bezos’ investment affect Liverpool’s transfer strategy?
6:14–9:39
5
What does the new José Mourinho Netflix documentary reveal about his career?
9:39–14:09
6
Who are the candidates for the next Italy national team manager?
14:09–17:30
7
What is the Lars Sivertsen quiz and how does it work?
17:30–20:08
8
Why is Greenland’s football championship facing a crisis?
20:08–53:41
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