Infantino defies FIFA vice president, makes appearance in the Caribbean

FIFA boss turns up at event after CONCACAF chief Montagliani asked him to reconsider amid the global football body’s governance crisis.Gianni Infantino has defied a request by one of his FIFA vice presidents to stay away from an Under-14 football event in the Caribbean and instead made a rare public appearance during the global furore over his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors.The FIFA president posted photos on his Instagram account on Saturday, showing his meeting with political and football officials from the Dominican Republic on the sidelines of a Caribbean Football Union (CFU) youth tournament in the Punta Cana resort.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Mohamed Salah’s Trabzonspor debut ends in draw with Kasimpasalist 2 of 4Rights group urges FIFA to block Infantino re-election bid over term limitslist 3 of 4WAFCON: Cameroon beat tournament debutants Malawi to win maiden titlelist 4 of 4FIFA President Gianni Infantino denies claims UEFA paid off alleged loverend of listOn Friday, Infantino had been asked not to go by Victor Montagliani, the Canadian president of the Miami-based Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), to avoid being a distraction from the football games.“I believe that considering the governance crisis surrounding FIFA as a result of your controversial FIFA-forward-enterprise-proposal" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="191386" data-entity-type="topic">FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, the media will focus on this situation,” Montagliani wrote in an emailed letter seen by The Associated Press news agency, “which will unfortunately significantly take away from the technical nature of the CFU youth competition.”“As such, I respectfully ask you in the name of football to reconsider your attendance as it will unfortunately undermine the technical nature of this important youth development activity,” Montagliani wrote.FIFA declined to comment on Montagliani’s request, though it noted that it directly funds regional bodies like the CFU with up to $5m from each four-year World Cup cycle.