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Former Football Australia boss David Gallop weighs in on Gianni Infantino's World Cup debacle

David Gallop was Football Australia CEO when Gianni Infantino took over the FIFA presidency from the corruption-stained run of Sepp Blatter, he says Infantino's World Cup proposal stank.

ABC Australia News By Mike Lorigan Aug 5, 2026, 9:24 AM Captured Aug 5, 2026, 10:18 AM

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This is David Gallop's view of FIFA president Gianni Infantino's now-infamous World Cup privatisation proposal.

"It's so far off passing the pub test that I think it's like he let off a stink bomb in the middle of the pub and people ran screaming, leaving half a schooner behind," Mr Gallop told 7.30.

Mr Gallop has been one of Australia's foremost sport's administrators.

He was CEO of the NRL from 2002-2012 before jumping ship to become the boss of Football Federation Australia for seven years until his tenure ended in 2019.

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"Clearly people have not liked the idea that private investment, and therefore, a profit motive that comes away from the game to those private investors would be something that FIFA would contemplate." Mr Gallop said privatisation was not inherently wrong but required an overwhelming strategic and financial case to be valid.

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David Gallop was Football Australia CEO when Gianni Infantino took over the FIFA presidency from the corruption-stained run of Sepp Blatter, he says Infantino's World Cup proposal stank.
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David Gallop was Football Australia CEO when Gianni Infantino took over the FIFA presidency from the corruption-stained run of Sepp Blatter, he says Infantino's World Cup proposal stank.

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