Gianni Infantino keen to put football first as he begins life as FIFA president

Gianni Infantino wants FIFA to facilitate a love of the game, rather than the corrupt practices which have blighted football's world governing body of late, after his election as president.

Gianni Infantino keen to put football first as he begins life as FIFA president

Gianni Infantino wants FIFA to facilitate a love of the game, rather than the corrupt practices which have blighted football's world governing body of late, after his election as president.

The Swiss lawyer and UEFA general secretary was elected as FIFA's first new president since 1998 after receiving a majority in the second round of voting of 115. Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain, the Asian Football Confederation president and many people's favourite, had 88 votes.

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