Irish Examiner view: Turning the wake of a true great into the Gianni Infantino show

The Fifa president's reputation was bad enough already and then he compounds it with his tacky behaviour at Pelé's funeral

Fifa president Gianni Infantino further disgraced himself, if that were possible, by taking selfies during the wake in Brazil for the great Pelé. Picture: André Penner/AP

Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s reputation took a battering after his tone-deaf speech at the beginning of the recent World Cup.

Readers may recall the excruciating oration when Infantino said “today, I feel gay ... Today, I feel [like] a migrant worker”, as he launched a tournament preceded by the deaths of thousands of migrant workers and which was played in a country, Qatar, with a terrible record on gay rights.