FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirms discussion with Donald Trump regarding Folarin Balogun's sanction
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed a conversation with Donald Trump about the sanction imposed on American forward Folarin Balogun. Infantino stated he informed Trump that FIFA's disciplinary bodies are independent and that a legal procedure was underway, to be decided by the competent organs. He did not comment on the specifics of the case, only noting that he respects the decisions and autonomy of FIFA's judicial bodies, even if he sometimes disagrees with them. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has not publicly provided reasons for commuting Balogun's firm suspension to a suspended one-match ban with a one-year probationary period. This lack of explanation was also noted by the Belgian federation, which had not received the decision or any explanation regarding the matter.
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