Who is the real Gianni Infantino, FIFA president and ‘the king of soccer’?

“… Gianni Infantino threw his head back in laughter before smiling and nodding along, looking delighted by the United States president’s description of him. It was the same a couple of months earlier at the launch of a White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup, when Donald Trump described the FIFA president as ‘my great friend’ and ‘sort of the king of soccer… I guess… in a certain way’. He is. Sort of. I guess. In a certain way. As the head of FIFA, football’s governing body, Infantino is the most powerful figure in the sport, able to make what sound like wild, off-the-cuff proposals — a 32-team Club World Cup, a 48-team World Cup — and make them a reality while travelling around the world on a Qatari private jet, rubbing shoulders with sporting superstars and heads of state, sharing his adventures with his three million Instagram followers and frequently resembling the excited child of Trump’s description. …”
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