Sepp Blatter attacks Gianni Infantino
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has harshly criticized his successor, Gianni Infantino.
He called the current president of world football’s governing body (FIFA) a “dictator”.
Blatter stressed that Infantino should “be sent to a psychiatric hospital”.
According to the man who led the organization for 17 years, FIFA is suffering.
“It is currently run by someone who has been blinded by enthusiasm. The meeting with Donald Trump changed Gianni Infantino. He believes he is destined to monopolize the world’s most popular sport. But now there are key figures in the football organization who do not approve of this. They want to remove him,” Blatter said in an interview with “Der Spiegel”.
He also cites money as a reason.
“‘If you elect me,’ he tells the national federations, ‘you will get much more money than before.’ He is a dictator. People at FIFA tell me that no one is allowed to ride in an elevator with him. He is ‘untouchable’,” Blatter continued, criticizing him. “Infantino no longer knows any limits. He understands none of this. I mean, perhaps Infantino should be sent to a psychiatric hospital”.
Blatter has repeatedly spoken out against FIFA and its president, Infantino. The 90-year-old had called for a boycott of the 2026 World Cup.
