We can only hope Gianni Infantino’s naked greed ultimately leads to his downfall

Bully for Uefa SOMETIMES the school bully just needs someone to stand up and deliver them a much-needed thump. Europe’s footballing governing bodies came together to deliver just such a blow to Gianni Infantino. We can only hope Gianni Infantino’s naked greed ultimately leads to his downfall Credit: Getty Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has slammed Fifa’s proposals Credit: Getty Fifa’s pound-shop mafioso president united the globe in outrage at his cash-grab plans to sell off the World Cup. Infantino likely stood to make millions personally from his shameless deal.By effectively bribing and blackmailing weaker federations for support, he hoped his plan would succeed. But yesterday, it was surely killed stone dead. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Uefa’s threat that ALL European teams would boycott the World Cup shredded Infantino’s grubby scheme. It is inconceivable that a tournament without powerhouses Spain, France, England, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany or Italy could survive. READ MORE ON THE WORLD CUP What multinational companies would be thrilled by the prospect of paying tens of millions of dollars to sponsor a World Cup without any nation from a continent of 743million people? In a powerful statement Uefa said: “There are moments when institutions are judged not by what they are prepared to accept, but by what they refuse to compromise. Some things are simply too important to sell.” Quite right. Infantino and his acolytes made the mistake of thinking the World Cup was theirs to trade. We can only hope his naked greed ultimately leads to his downfall. Most read in The Sun Cut off the cash DURING the weeks of choppy waters in the Channel, we were told that France was finally helping to smash the gangs. Suddenly, the weather is clear, hundreds are arriving daily and the French cops have reverted to their traditional uselessness. French emergency services swarmed on to a beach yesterday when four migrants were tragically found dead. Wouldn’t it be better to commit similar effort and resources BEFORE such needless loss of life? Britain has handed £1billion to France since 2018. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned in April when she signed the latest £662million deal that it depended on results. She must now consider pausing the flow of cash to Paris. Date with hate THE Green mayor of Hackney Zoe Garbett was forced to apologise yesterday for demanding Haifa, Israel, respond to her plans to end twinning arrangements between the two places by . . . October 7. She claims choosing the notorious date of the murder of 1,200 Jews by Hamas terrorists was accidental. Really? The Green Party — taken over by poisonous, hate-filled fanatics — is showing its true colours in power. Comment now