Who is Gianni Infantino? Sizing up FIFA's potential savior

Source: mashable.com - Friday, February 26, 2016
Gianni Infantino, that's our man. That's the man with the plan, the world hopes, to salvage FIFA 's rotting ship and restore honor and dignity to the global game.  Infantino won Friday's FIFA election — he's now FIFA president and effectively the king of world soccer. But will he be able to change FIFA's corrupted culture?  We can't tell Infantino's future, but we can glean clues from the past — including a ringing post-vote endorsement from none other than Sepp Blatter, the disgraced ruler Infantino now replaces.  SEE ALSO: Sepp Blatter is delivering deranged quotes until the bitter end Shortly after Infantino was elected Friday, Blatter issued a statement that said the 45-year-old Infantino "has all the qualities to continue my work and to stabilize FIFA again." Read more... More about Fifa , Soccer , and Entertainment

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