Gianni Infantino backed Super League to aid new Club World Cup, LaLiga chief claims

FIFA president Gianni Infantino, pictured, gave his backing to the Super League because the clubs were prepared to support his plans for a new Club World Cup format, according to LaLiga president Javier Tebas. Picture: Nick Potts

FIFA president Gianni Infantino supported the European Super League project because the clubs had given him guarantees they would play in a new-look Club World Cup every year, LaLiga president Javier Tebas has claimed.

Infantino said last week it was his job to speak to clubs large and small but that this did not mean FIFA “was behind, was colluding, was plotting, (on) any Super League project”.