Infantino responds to reporter over World Cup sell-off criticism
2 sources • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 22, 2026, 8:44 AM
Last updated Aug 22, 2026
FIFA president Gianni Infantino engaged in a peculiar exchange with Sky News reporter James Matthews outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic on August 22. When questioned about his decision not to resign following backlash over his aborted World Cup sell-off plan, Infantino remarked, "I’ll see you at the hairdressers." The incident reflects ongoing scrutiny regarding Infantino’s leadership amid calls for his resignation from various sectors of football.
- •Infantino faced questions about his leadership amid criticism.
- •He was challenged about not resigning from his position.
- •The exchange occurred outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic.
- •Calls for his resignation continue from across the football community.
- 8:44 AMYahoo Sports — Infantino says ‘I’ll see you at the hairdressers’ in bizarre response to questions about ‘betraying’ Fifa
- 8:09 AMThe Guardian Sport — ‘See you at the hairdressers’: Infantino’s bizarre reply to bald reporter
"Fifa president tells Sky man: ‘You have a nice haircut’ Odd exchange outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic Gianni Infantino told a reporter “I’ll see you at the hairdressers” after he was asked whether he had betrayed football over his aborted World Cup sell-off plan. The Fifa president was stopped outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic by Sky News’ US correspondent James Matthews, who challenged the under-fire leader of football’s governing body over why he had not resigned, despite calls from across the game for him to step down. Continue reading...
"‘You have a nice haircut,’ the Fifa president told a similarly bald reporter
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External links- Yahoo SportsAug 22, 2026, 8:44 AMInfantino says ‘I’ll see you at the hairdressers’ in bizarre response to questions about ‘betraying’ Fifa
‘You have a nice haircut,’ the Fifa president told a similarly bald reporter
- The Guardian SportAug 22, 2026, 8:09 AM‘See you at the hairdressers’: Infantino’s bizarre reply to bald reporter
Fifa president tells Sky man: ‘You have a nice haircut’ Odd exchange outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic Gianni Infantino told a reporter “I’ll see you at the hairdressers” after he was asked whether he had betrayed football over his aborted World Cup sell-off plan. The Fifa president was stopped outside a hotel in the Dominican Republic by Sky News’ US correspondent James Matthews, who challenged the under-fire leader of football’s governing body over why he had not resigned, despite calls from across the game for him to step down. Continue reading...
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