About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Donald Trump's involvement in football and its impact on FIFA and the World Cup.

Can Gianni Infantino survive his friendship with Donald Trump ? The presidents of both FIFA and the USA have been busy this week ensuring that USA could field top scorer Folarin Balogun in their Quarter-final match against Belgium. Trump’s incredible intervention into football has rocked the sport and left FIFA’s credibility in tatters - particularly after England defender Jarell Quansah’s own red card ban is extended - is it one rule for Trump’s team and another for the everyone else? As FIFA stands accused of losing control of their own World Cup, and world leaders begin to ask questions, how does Trump’s close friend, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, survive this one? Elsewhere as England prepare to face Norway in their quarter-final match, two of the best strikers in the business take to the field in Harry Kane & Erling Haaland - but how do you stop Haaland and Kane from scoring? Nedum has a plan and it doesn’t involve a shotgun… 📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7 🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod 📱Follow us on socials: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagents Instagram…

Topics covered

• World Cup
• FIFA
• Donald Trump
• football intervention
• quarter-final match
• strikers
• sports credibility

Keywords

• Gianni Infantino
• Donald Trump
• FIFA
• World Cup
• Folarin Balogun
• Harry Kane
• Erling Haaland
• Jarell Quansah
• football

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, USA, England, Norway

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