Last month, FIFA banned Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad, for five years after ruling that he had breached various codes of ethics. Reasons for the FIFA Vice-President’s sanction and why a second FIFA investigation is already under way have come to light.
Just minutes after being re-elected FIFA president for a second term in Paris in June 2019, Gianni Infantino made a triumphant declaration before the world’s assembled football leaders.
“Nobody talks about crisis at FIFA any more,” he said, referring to how FIFA’s corruption scan-dal had dominated when he took charge in 2016.
“Nobody talks about scandals or corruption. We talk about football [FIFA] is now synonymous with transparency and integrity.”