Ultimate formality or prelude to abandonment? Faced with the virulent opposition of many football players to its biennial World Cup project, Fifa brings together its 211 federations on Monday for an online summit, without making them vote. With this “summit on the future of football” announced at the end of October, the world body hopes to give pledges of democratic consultation, which has focused criticism for several months.
Because by leaving its director of development, the French Arsène Wenger, to advocate in March the transition to a …
