FIFA president Gianni Infantino personally intervened to suspend Folarin Balogun’s World Cup red card following a call with President Trump, a bombshell new report has claimed.
In a saga that sparked condemnation from across the world, the striker was originally barred from the USA’s last-16 match against Belgium, only for his ban to be sensationally suspended by the FIFA disciplinary committee following a protest by the White House. Now the New York Post claims that Infantino told Trump in a call on July 1 that ‘he would take care of it. One call and it was done.’
FIFA did not comment on the new claims but pointed to
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