FIFA, World Cup and Andy Burnham

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Andy Burnham renews call for FIFA leadership change after World Cup investment plan collapses
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says football cannot simply "move on" following Gianni Infantino's failed World Cup investment proposal.

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Andy Burnham: Gianni Infantino isn't the right man to lead FIFA - we can't move on and forget World Cup plan
Burnham blasts FIFA boss Gianni Infantino as ‘wrong man to lead’ over shock World Cup private cash grab
FIFA issue Gianni Infantino statement after crisis meeting with senior executives
Gianni Infantino has the "full support" of FIFA 's management board despite being forced to abandon his plan to sell stakes in a company to run the World Cup to private investors.

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Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president
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FIFA says Gianni Infantino given support after ‘crisis meeting’ with top staff
😮 Is he stepping down now? Infantino speaks out after crisis meeting!
In a letter published by the world governing body on Wednesday night, signed by both Gianni Infantino and FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafström, it says: "We acknowledge that mistakes were also mad...

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Infantino refuses to quit despite grovelling apology
Gianni Infantino releases statement confirming FIFA U-turn and decision on resigning

British prime minister says Infantino is not the right man to lead FIFA

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Sunday that FIFA President Gianni Infantino was not the right man to lead world soccer’s governing body in the latest fallout from the now abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

Andy Burnham is the best PM since David Cameron

It remains to be seen how well he will govern, but Andy Burnham’s first weeks in office show he is a premier-league politician after a run of second-division British leaders. His political skill is a reason to think he might break the recent trend for prime ministers to get dumped more quickly than football managers.