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Gianni Infantino Laughs Off Resignation Talk and Says Football Is Firmly Behind Him

Gianni Infantino is not going anywhere. Speaking in Baku with the kind of casual confidence that only a man who believes he has already won can muster, the Fifa president brushed aside resignation questions and declared that world football is squarely in his corner. Whether that reads as reassuring leadership or breathtaking audacity depends entirely on which corner of the game you occupy.