Special Report - How top soccer clubs clashed with rules on financial fair play


FILE PHOTO: UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino attends a news conference after a meeting of UEFA's executive committee, on the eve of the draw of the Euro 2016 finals, in Paris, France, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the most powerful men in soccer, Gianni Infantino, has long championed fairness in the world's most popular sport. In public, the sports administrator has promoted rules intended to reduce debts and prevent top clubs with super-rich owners from using their wealth to dominate the game.

In private, he has sometimes taken a gentler line.

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