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02-27-2016, 02:42 AM
Who is Gianni Infanti**? Sizing up FIFA's potential savior
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Gianni Infanti**, that's our man. That's the man with the plan, the world hopes, to salvage FIFA (http://mashable.com/category/fifa/)'s rotting ship and restore ho**r and dignity to the global game.*
Infanti** won Friday's FIFA election (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/fifa-election-espn-jeremy-schaap/) — he's **w FIFA president and effectively the king of world soccer. But will he be able to change FIFA's corrupted culture?*
We can't tell Infanti**'s future, but we can glean clues from the past — including a ringing post-vote endorsement from **ne other than Sepp Blatter, the disgraced ruler Infanti** **w replaces.*
SEE ALSO: Sepp Blatter is delivering deranged quotes until the bitter end (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/sepp-blatter-interview-new-york-times/)
Shortly after Infanti** was elected Friday, Blatter issued a statement that said the 45-year-old Infanti** "has all the qualities to continue my work and to stabilize FIFA again." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/gianni-infanti**-what-you-need-to-k**w/)
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Gianni Infanti**, that's our man. That's the man with the plan, the world hopes, to salvage FIFA (http://mashable.com/category/fifa/)'s rotting ship and restore ho**r and dignity to the global game.*
Infanti** won Friday's FIFA election (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/fifa-election-espn-jeremy-schaap/) — he's **w FIFA president and effectively the king of world soccer. But will he be able to change FIFA's corrupted culture?*
We can't tell Infanti**'s future, but we can glean clues from the past — including a ringing post-vote endorsement from **ne other than Sepp Blatter, the disgraced ruler Infanti** **w replaces.*
SEE ALSO: Sepp Blatter is delivering deranged quotes until the bitter end (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/sepp-blatter-interview-new-york-times/)
Shortly after Infanti** was elected Friday, Blatter issued a statement that said the 45-year-old Infanti** "has all the qualities to continue my work and to stabilize FIFA again." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/gianni-infanti**-what-you-need-to-k**w/)
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