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FIFA President Gianni Infantino gets South American football’s backing while at Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has received support from several leading South American football figures as he visited Colombia amid the crisis engulfing world football’s governing body. Infantino arrived early on Friday in the Colombian city of Cali to attend the inauguration ceremony of hard-right President Abelardo de la Espriella. Photos released by the Colombian Football Federation show a smiling Infantino standing alongside South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) president Alejandro Dominguez and the president of the Colombian federation, Ramon Jesurun. The visit to Colombia comes as the head of world football has been embroiled in a storm following a much-criticised and ultimately abandoned plan to open the World Cup to private investment.
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In line with their confederation’s statement, they welcomed the withdrawal of the controversial plan to create a commercial entity, known as the FIFA Forward Enterprise, open to private investors.
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