Fifa and Infantino the big beneficiary of new noise around Michel Platini | Marina Hyde
World football’s governing body does not seem to have got any cleaner, it’s just that everything else has got significantly dirtierI’m so glad that sporticidal Fifa president Gianni Infantino got to enjoy his second-term victory speech two weeks ago entirely free of spoilers. “Nobody talks about crisis at Fifa any more or rebuilding it from scratch,” he announced from the stage. “Nobody talks about scandals or corruption – we talk about football. We can say that we’ve turned the situation around. This organisation has gone from being toxic, almost criminal, to being what it should be – an organisation that develops football and is now synonymous with transparency, integrity.”Mmm. Following the detention of former Uefa boss Michel Platini on Tuesday,...