Gianni Infantino ‘dressed like he is divorced’ for 2026 World Cup bulletins
Fans cannot recover from Gianni Infantino’s get-up through the 2026 World Cup schedule announcement.
The FIFA president, 53, rocked up in Miami wanting like a recently-divorced dad to unveil the official match schedule for the match, which takes place within the USA, Canada and Mexico. The World Cup closing can be held in New Jersey’s 85,000-capacity MetLife Stadium, whereas the opening match will happen in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca.
For the announcement, FIFA parachuted in celebrities like Drake and Kevin Hart so as to add a bit of pomp, however their efforts have been all however undone by Infantino who turned up sporting a baffling-baggy swimsuit hoody [insert: how do you do, fellow kids? meme here].
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Fans on social media could not assist however rip into the usually snazzily-dressed Swiss-Italian, with some joking he regarded like he’d simply acquired off the bed. “Of all the things Infantino could’ve pulled out of his closet he picks that? Wow,” one X person wrote.
“Infantino is giving me serious divorced dad vibes,” commented one other. Quoting his vomit-inducing ‘Today I really feel…’ speech forward of the 2022 World Cup, a 3rd added: “‘Today I feel recently divorced’.”
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Others likening him to a “Star Wars villain” and “B Rabbit from 8 Mile”, with one other joking that “he dresses about as well as runs FIFA”.
It is not the primary time Infantino has had a style nightmare. He cringeworthily rocked as much as World Cup third-place play-off between Croatia and Morocco in 2022 sporting a pair of white trainers (with a swimsuit, yuck) that had been personalised with a FIFA brand.
Infantino has been accountable for FIFA since Sepp Blatter stood down in 2016 following an inside corruption scandal. Previously, he’d spent 15 years working for UEFA, most notably because the organisation’s secretary basic.
