‘Dictator’ Infantino needs psychiatric help, says former FIFA chief Blatter

Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has slammed current chief Gianni Infantino, calling his successor a “dictator” and suggesting he needs psychiatric help, in an interview with Der Spiegel published Wednesday.
Blatter, 90, criticised Infantino’s decision to create the FIFA Peace Prize award for US President Donald Trump in the lead-up to this year’s World Cup, hosted in the US, Canada and Mexico.
He was also critical of Infantino’s post-World Cup plans to sell off part of the commercial rights of the competition in the future, which was scrapped after a fierce backlash.
“FIFA is suffering. It is currently led by a person who has allowed himself to be blinded,” Blatter told the German mag...