Infantino looks set to stay, but FIFA faces a new war over power

PARIS – The battle to force Gianni Infantino out of FIFA may nearly be all over just a few weeks after his opponents thought they would dethrone the president of world soccer’s governing body, but the war over how much power he can exercise may only be beginning. Senior figures in world soccer increasingly see the crisis triggered by Infantino’s abandoned private-investment plan shifting away from the question of succession and towards a struggle over the terms of his continued presidency. One outcome could be a governance compromise under which Infantino remains in office but gives up some power.