• FA lends support to Uefa general secretary following board meeting
• Greg Dyke reiterates doubts over Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-KhalifaThe Football organization has officially backed Gianni Infantino’s campaign for the Fifa presidency following a board meeting,with Greg Dyke describing the Swiss as an impressive candidate and reiterating doubts about a rival tender from Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.
Infantino, the Uefa general secretary, and stepped into the Fifa race final year when Michel Platini the former president of the European governing body whom the FA had previously supported – was banned from football for eight years. Infantino will be one of five presidential candidates at the election on 26 February,but the successor to Sepp Blatter is expected to be a two-horse race between him and Sheikh Salman of Bahrain.
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Source: theguardian.com