Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has urged the world of football to kick Gianni Infantino out of the role, claiming the recent World Cup "lost its credibility" due to the actions of his successor.
Blatter – whose own Fifa presidency was rife with accusations of corruption – insisted that "politics must not be allowed to overshadow the game", seemingly in reference to Infantino's close relationship with US president Donald Trump, which helped lead to the controversial overturning of USA striker Folarin Balogun's ban for the red card he received against Bosnia.
Trump intervened, getting on the phone to Infantino urging him to look at Balogun's sending off and, in due course, Fifa unprecedentedly suspended the ban for a year, enabling the forward to play in the last-16 clash with Belgium, where the US were hammered 4-1.
And reflecting on the World Cup, which ended on Sunday evening with Spain beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in an ill-tempered final, Blatter was unimpressed.
"The longest World Cup has come to an end – with the right champions," he wrote on social media. "But on the way to the final whistle, the tournament had lost its credibility.

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