![]() England's route to glory at 2022 World Cup | World Cup fixtures.I do not think whataboutism is the correct route for a FIFA president to try and enforce change. "He talks about the hypocrisy, I do not think Infantino is the man to speak about hypocrisy. "This is misleading, disrespectful, offensive, it's damaging to the cause to try to get better rights, better conditions for these workers to try and improve the human rights situation here. He's also taken the fact that Qatar recruits from the poorest countries in the world, millions who have nothing and bring them to do what human rights groups call modern slavery, he's saying that's OK because they get paid more than they do at home.Ĭhief Football Writer for The Times Henry Winter believes the statements made on the eve of the World Cup by FIFA President Gianni Infantino were offensive to football fans "It is an absolutely astounding address from the FIFA president and it's probably even more astounding that he is being re-elected unopposed after being able to say stuff like this. You cannot negate their experience by just saying you 'feel' what they feel. "You do not know what it feels like to be gay, Infantino, you do not know what it feels like to be disabled, you do not know what it feels like to be African and you cannot conflate being discriminated against because of red hair and freckles to any of the groups you've referenced have experienced. "What absurd, offensive, misleading thing did he not say? This is extraordinary and unlike anything I've ever heard before. Sky Sports News senior reporter Melissa Reddy in Qatar on Infantino's press conference: Sky Sports News' senior reporter Melissa Reddy dissects FIFA President Gianni Infantino's 'astounding' statement But I also know what we stand for and when he says that we are inclusive, he means it." 'This World Cup underpins how dirty the game is' I have a number of gay colleagues, so sitting here I am fully aware of the debate and I fully respect everyone's right and everyone's opinions to think differently, I get it. "We care at FIFA about everyone, we are an inclusive organisation. I thought long and hard whether to mention this in this news conference, but I do feel strongly about it. ![]() You see the public side, I see the private side and we have spoken on a number of occasions about this. ![]() "Just because Gianni Infantino is not gay does not mean he doesn't care, he does care. "We have received assurances that everybody is welcome and I believe that everybody will be welcome in this World Cup. I am sitting here in a privileged position, on a global stage as a gay man here in Qatar. ![]() He is now set to stay in the job beyond the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.Īt the end of Saturday's press conference, FIFA's director of media relations Bryan Swanson said: "I've seen a lot of criticism of Gianni Infantino since I've joined FIFA, in particular from the LGBTQ+ community. Infantino won a five-candidate race in 2016 to replace Sepp Blatter, and was re-elected unopposed in 2019. Infantino has received the support of more than 200 associations around the world to run unopposed as FIFA President, in what FIFA has stated is a democratic process.įIFA said on Friday the 52-year-old Swiss lawyer was the only person to enter the race by the time the deadline passed - exactly four months before election day on March 16 in Kigali, Rwanda. He elects himself back into position and I think he's the worst face to represent the Middle East, Arabs, Muslims and the Qatar World Cup." "We've got to have independence and democracy. "It's been bad for so long and my personal feeling with Infantino is that he's effectively put himself back into power for four years, there's no independence. ![]()
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