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Authentic Rob Scuderi Womens Jersey or otherwise of Gianni has always reminded me of that famous Only Fools and Horses scene when Trigger declares mistily that he’s had the same broom for 20 years, before mentioning that it’s had 17 new heads and 14 new handles. As his mate inquires: “How the hell can it be the same bloody broom then?” On this, as with so much else, I’m with Trigger. No matter how many new heads it has, a Fifa president still feels very much the same bloody broom. Like his noted predecessors in the office, it feels as if Gianni’s primary function is sweeping crises under the carpet. Still, if we may celebrate his past year’s achievements for a moment: he is the lawyer who was discovered to have failed to sign an employment contract when he took the presidency – “a compliance issue”, it was eventually found, as opposed to an ethical one. Ditto all the private jet flights he took in the early months of his presidency. Occasionally, Infantino has
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