Infantino should have no place in future of football - Pinto

What the report says

Rui Pinto, the hacker behind Football Leaks, has renewed his criticism of Fifa president Gianni Infantino, saying he should "have no place in the future of the game," according to BBC Sport Football. Pinto’s remarks were posted on X and repeated earlier claims that Infantino helped shape how Manchester City and Paris St-Germain were treated during Uefa financial fair play cases in 2014.

BBC Sport says the renewed dispute comes as Manchester City continue to face fallout from a separate Premier League case. The club has been found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules over a nine-year period, although it denies wrongdoing and has until 2 October to appeal. The Premier League inquiry began after Football Leaks material was made public in 2018 through Der Spiegel, alongside a separate Uefa investigation.

The article notes that Pinto alleges confidential documents showed Infantino, then Uefa general secretary, helped push for lighter sanctions for City and PSG, rather than deeper investigations that could have led to a Champions League ban. PSG rejected the claims at the time and said it had complied with the rules. Uefa also previously said the general secretary’s role could involve helping the investigatory process through meetings and document sharing.

BBC Sport adds that Infantino is under wider pressure, with Uefa accusing him of criminal mismanagement over a Fifa scheme and the Swiss Football Association recently withdrawing support for him. Infantino is due to stand for a fourth term in 2027.