‘Not too late to save football’ – Luis Figo leads footballing legends demanding shamed Fifa boss Infantino quits now

BALLON D’OR winner and Uefa advisor Luis Figo has savaged Gianni Infantino’s behaviour as “the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested I’ve ever seen”. The legendary Portuguese winger also declared that Infantino must resign “now” after his aborted attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. Uefa advisor Luis Figo has called Infantino’s private equity plan ‘devious’ Credit: Alamy “‘nfantino must go’ to save the sport according to the Ballon d’Or winner Credit: Splash Figo went as far as tying the sport’s future to Infantino’s. In a scathing critique of Fifa‘s incumbent, he concluded: “It is too late to save his dignity but it is not too late to save football.” Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! The all-time great’s stark remarks follow widespread outrage at the Fifa president from politicians and football officials from across the globe. Infantino’s attempt to commission a commercial subsidiary to run the World Cup would have earned him an estimated £47million a year. Figo viewed the ill-fated turn to private equity as Infantino seeking “to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve”. In 2015, Figo announced his intention to challenge Sepp Blatter in Fifa’s presidential elections, before withdrawing from the leadership race because he disagreed with the position’s “absolute power“. Despite having “10,000 words” of criticism for football’s governing body, the 127-cap Portuguese international felt “the solution only needs three”. “Infantino must go.” Most read in Sport CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS The current Fifa president has come in for scathing criticism from Figo Credit: Splash Figo bluntly declared in the Daily Mail that the Fifa president’s personal enrichment plan “has debased the office that he promised to elevate”. Although Figo is not alone in viewing Infantino’s doomed private investment move as “devious”, the president appears determined to cling to power. Infantino is currently the sole candidate for Fifa’s presidential elections next March, while 18 November is the deadline for any challengers to come forth. However, the English FA are set to withdraw their support for Fifa’s most senior administrator, and several other European football associations have already followed suit. Comment now