Gianni Infantino said on his first full working day he doesn’t know what he would be paid as the FIFA president.
Infantino said he expected the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup, delayed last year by a scandal that has engulfed
FIFA, to begin in the next couple of months.
Speaking after an informal football match with FIFA employees and guests, Infantino said he had not discussed his
salary following his election on Friday. “I have no idea yet. I know you can’t believe it but it’s not [for the] money that I was candidate to become FIFA president. I have not discussed with anyone about my pay or what my pay will be. We will see.“
He said bidding for the 2026 World Cup hosting, which was supposed to have started in 2015 with a decision due in Kuala Lumpur next year, should begin before the Mexico City congress in May.
“Definitely I think we need to launch the bidding process in the next couple of months, probably before the next congress in May,” Infantino said.
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“Concerning Qatar and Russia, the decisions were taken in 2010 by the executive committee but since 2010 there has been speculation and allegations and noise.”
“It’s now necessary to organise the best World Cup in history in Russia in 2018 and in 2022 in Qatar.”
FIFA has been forced to investigate the decision to grant the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 finals to Qatar and an investigation is on-going by the Swiss attorney general’s office.
Paul Ayorinde
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