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I was inside Fifa HQ as football meekly waved through Saudi Arabia’s World Cup coronation

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Gianni Infantino sent Saudi Arabia to host the World Cup for the first time in a decade .

The announcement was designed to seem like an ordinary Wednesday at Fifa HQ in Zurich .

The message was nothing here to see up on the hills of Zurich , so the media had been told not to bother showing up.

The day had all been about him and, emboldened more than ever, there was nothing that could persuade him to front up.

Ramadan between Nov 11 and Dec 10 in 2034 is cited in the report as a factor, as is Christmas , the combination of which appears to rule out a like-for-like repeat of Qatar World Cup dates.

European Leagues , Fifpro and La Liga all accuse Fifa of “abusive and anti-competitive” conduct by expanding the schedule.