FILE PHOTO: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks to journalists during a two days visit with Patrice Motsepe, president of CAF, African Football Confederation, (not pictured) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 4, 2021, REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino has refused to deny that he or his staff met with rebel European Super League clubs before they launched their ill-fated project last month but said he never had supported a breakaway closed league.
Spanish La Liga president Javier Tebas has publicly accused Infantino of having been behind the project while the New York Times on Thursday cited sources saying that some of Infantino's staff had been involved in talks about potential FIFA backing for the plan.
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