FIFA responds to reports president Gianni Infantino is under investigation

By Sky Sports News HQ

Image: FIFA say there are no formal proceedings against Gianni Infantino

FIFA has refused to confirm whether Gianni Infantino is under investigation folllowing reports in a German newspaper.

Die Welt have claimed that FIFA investigators are looking into allegations that Infantino ordered recordings of a FIFA council meeting to be destroyed, and that he could face a 90-day suspension if found to have acted inappropriately.

The FIFA ethics committee does not usually make any comment at all on the existence of such investigations.

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However, a spokesman told Sky Sports News HQ: "We are not in a position to indicate if we have or have not (begun) preliminary investigatory proceedings against an individual.

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"We would however like to point out that there are no formal proceedings going on against Mr. Infantino."

Formerly the general secretary of UEFA, the 46-year-old Infantino was elected FIFA president at an extraordinary congress in February.

Infantino was elected with a mandate to reform football's world governing body, which has been beset by a series of scandals in recent years.

The scandals led to the resignation of former president Sepp Blatter, who was subsequently suspended from FIFA activities.

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