‘Nothing remotely criminal has happened’ – FIFA stands by Gianni Infantino

The president “will continue to fully assume his functions within FIFA” during the investigation

Gianni Infantino file photo

FIFA has said there “was and is absolutely no reason to open any investigation” after criminal proceedings against president Gianni Infantino were launched in Switzerland earlier this week.

The proceedings followed an investigation by a special federal public prosecutor, Stefan Keller, into complaints over meetings in 2016 and 2017 involving Infantino, attorney general Michael Lauber and the chief public prosecutor for the Upper Valais region, Rinaldo Arnold.