Infantino sends for task force in Fifa brain fade

Appointing a task force is what Fifa used to do when it was trying hard to ignore the kind of things about itself that the FBI investigations eventually forced the world governing body to confront.

This week’s task force was appointed by president Gianni Infantino to buy himself time while Uefa rejected the terrible idea of a four-yearly summer Club World Cup.

“Everyone agrees the Club World Cup needs to be revamped, everyone in the world,” Infantino said, speaking on behalf of the entire human race. Again, what he means is that Fifa needs the £19.5billion on offer from the Saudi-backed Japanese SoftBank, and that he needs to get re-elected. You do not need a task force to deduce that.