FIFA’s history of criminality makes it a perfect receptacle for phone calls from a ‘boss man’

July 7, 2026 — 3:30pm

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FIFA’s latest gift to Donald Trump, its twisting, weaving run around its own rules to allow US striker Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium on Tuesday, is nothing if not consistent.

Gianni Infantino had already turned the football organisation into a servant of the White House, and this action is perfectly in line with Infantino’s invention of a FIFA Peace Prize for the US President last December.

The Trump presidency, rife with allegations relating to racketeers, insider-traders and brown paper bag merchants, is a natural ally for FIFA.

Trump decided, with his years of soccer expertise, that Balogun’s red card for stomping on the leg of a Bosnia and Herzegovina player in the previous round, automatically ruling him out of the Belgium tie, was invalid and had to be overturned.

So he made a call to Infantino to ask whether it could be reviewed.

FIFA’s history of criminality makes it a perfect receptacle for phone calls from a “boss man”

Most laughable in the reaction to the scandal has been a social media post from former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who, in........

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