The Latest Breaking News from Gianni Infantino

It was a Thursday, apparently…Thursday December 2, 2010. Just 12 years but a lifetime ago at the same time.

In his poem Die Lorelei, Heinrich Heine touched on the stillness of the Rhine in his portrait of the legendary mermaid who lured sailors to their doom on the rocks along the river. Just shy of 200 years after Heine's masterpiece, no siren songs have been required to attract footballers…

Wales also went for a wander in Qatar as both nations continued their build-ups to their opening World Cup matches.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wrote to all 32 nations competing at the World Cup in Qatar to urge them to focus on football - and he has received a damning response

When Gianni Infantino last week urged football and politics to part ways once this World Cup begins, he must, presumably, have forgotten not only about FIFA’s choice of host but also about the involvement of Iran.

Infantino wrote to all 32 competing nations earlier this month urging them to focus on the on-field action

Infantino has called on the 32 competing World Cup nations to focus on football rather than political matters

The first Premier League player to come out speaks on migrant worker abuses in Qatar and money’s malign influence on the game

Stale Solbakken has also criticised what he believes have been mixed messages from Fifa president Gianni Infantino