Hero or villain? Infantino’s $75m Palestine pledge catches FIFA’s rank and file by surprise
February 24 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s announcement that the world governing body would fund rebuilding football infrastructure in Palestine to the tune of $75 million came as a surprise to the football world.
Infantino’s pledge has been met with questions of where this money is going to come from and why no-one within FIFA, including its general secretary Mathias Grafstrom, as well as confederation presidents and even the Palestinian FA were aware of the initiative.
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