Gianni Infantino’s joke about British fans not ‘helpful or accurate’ – UK police

Infantino aimed a jibe at British supporters saying the Qatar finals in 2022 were special because “no Brit was arrested”.

Comments made by FIFA president Gianni Infantino about British fans were “neither helpful nor accurate”, the UK’s football policing lead has said (Sam Corum/PA)

FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s joke about British fans’ behaviour at the Qatar World Cup was “neither helpful nor accurate”, the UK’s football policing lead has said.

Infantino aimed a jibe at British supporters during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying the Qatar finals in 2022 were special because “no Brit was arrested”.