The hacker strikes again! City's whistleblower points at Infantino
The Manchester City earthquake has dragged FIFA's president into the rubble: whistleblower Rui Pinto alleges Gianni Infantino knew of City's wrongdoings as early as 2014.
Details: Pinto, the man whose Football Leaks documents helped build the case against City, claims the current FIFA boss was aware of the breaches while at UEFA. The timing is explosive: the 2014 settlement between UEFA and City over financial fair play was brokered when Infantino was UEFA's general secretary. Pinto has called the guilty verdict a historic decision.
The allegation lands while Infantino is already fighting a war on every front, from the feud with UEFA and CONCACAF to Al-Khelaifi's rising club alliance. If the claim gains traction, the questions become devastating: who knew what, and when, while City built their empire? It must be stressed that these are allegations, not proven facts, and FIFA have not responded. But the man who leaked millions of documents has a track record of knowing where the bodies are buried.
It's worth noting that Pinto's revelations have survived every attempt to discredit them, and he was recently acquitted in his second trial. When he speaks, football's most powerful men tend to listen very carefully.
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Miguel Solomons
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