FIFA chief Gianni Infantino awarded a special peace prize to US President Donald Trump last year Credit: SAUL LOEB / AFP

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday it would have been “impossible” to organise the World Cup in the United States without US President Donald Trump.

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