Fifa’s Gianni Infantino is drunk on power and behaving like a Mafia Don – but football doesn’t belong to him

The Wadfather DRUNK on power and swimming in cash extracted from footie fans, Fifa’s Gianni Infantino is behaving like a Mafia Don. His plan to sell off shares in the World Cup for £15billion has rightly led to global shock and outrage. Fifa’s Gianni Infantino is drunk on power and behaving like a Mafia Don Credit: Reuters Our Beautiful Game will never be defeated by one man’s megalomania Credit: AP Condemnation from the FA and Uefa was swift and absolute. Fifa, they warned, was gambling with “the soul” of the people’s sport. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Scheming Infantino is unlikely to be easily deterred in his relentless pursuit of money. He is bribing less powerful federations with £30million each if they sign up to his sell-off. The weak men at the Czech FA have already folded. Other administrations, especially from poorer nations in Africa and Asia, are being blackmailed with a loss of future funding unless they agree to sign up within just 53 days. Like a Thunderbirds puppet playing Don Corleone, Infantino clearly thinks he is making an offer they can’t refuse. But his shameless attempts to turn the one true global game into a Godfather movie sequel must be fought off. After all Infantino is forgetting one fact: football doesn’t belong to him. Most read in The Sun Our Beautiful Game will never be defeated by one man’s megalomania. No easy fix QUITE how Andy Burnham will fix social care remains as much a mystery after his big speech as it was before. The PM is the latest occupant of No10 in the last three decades to offer cross-party talks, launch a “national conversation” and vow to end the shameful treatment of the elderly and vulnerable. But how exactly will he do it? We won’t get any answers for at least a year while Burnham waits for Dame Louise Casey’s report into the system. Whatever recommendations she ultimately makes will likely cost billions and see taxes going up. Burnham did, however, sensibly shut down the debate on assisted dying. Campaigners, who have made their case with great determination, will be disappointed. But Burnham is right that a badly drafted law sanctioning state killing is the last thing an already overwhelmed NHS needs. The priority must be to deliver proper palliative care. What’s le plan? DURING the weeks when high winds across the Channel kept illegal migrants at bay, Labour MPs were quick to boast that the small boats were being stopped. They’re not crowing now. Calm waters saw more than 900 arrive last week and as many as 1,000 as French cops largely stood by and watched. How many more unvetted young men must arrive before Andy Burnham realises that Labour’s “plan” isn’t working? Comment now