What They're Saying: Gianni Infantino

• by Soccer America , Dec 29, 2017

“Joint nominations are good, and the fact that Canada, the United States and Mexico are united in a common project is a positive message ... FIFA does not have the right to impose heavy burdens on a single country if an event can be organized in several."

-- FIFA president Gianni Infantino, whose remarks about the 2026 World Cup hosting rights at the Dubai International Sports Conference suggest FIFA favors the United Bid over rival Morocco, which might withdraw rather than lose in an open vote of the FIFA Congress on June 13 in Moscow. (keirradnedge.com)