FIFA president Gianni Infantino remains under fire over his aborted plan to allow private investment in the World Cup Credit: Jaime SALDARRIAGA / AFP

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup to private investors.

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