And corrupt politicians and lackeys will be right there to stifle its potential!
Football / Soccer / Calcio / Futebol / Fußball
Wouldn't trust them in a final.
Don’t tell the British
Before anyone gets excited he means that literally, FIFA wants to operate gold mines in India.
Today I feel gold
Infantino covered in gold powder literally would look like Gold Dust.
I imagine Infantino saying this, then smiling big to show that he has 3 gold teeth...
Lmao sadly this could actually be real news.
Just misspoke, meant "exploited"
FIFA wants to operate gold mines in India.
Ha, smart move. Cut out the middle man and go for the gold directly. More money for FIFA!
Ballon d’ors gotta come from somewhere
"How can we monetise a billion people?" - FIFA
china try hard to not be
"How can we monetise another billion people?" - FIFA
FTFY
FIFA getting ready to fund the Mars colonisation
They will have to fight hard with ICC & BCCI
They really won't, ICC and BCCI shit all over Indian fans and provide a shit product because they know there is no real competition.
FIFA and UEFA would somehow double the amount of fixtures if India starts watching football.
bit of a weird way to phrase it
Indian Football is a gold mine waiting to be exploit... explored!
Infantino: “Today, I feel Indian”
Lol
India really needs to move away from cricket. Waiting for the day when football takes over.
They mean gold mine for them to exploit basically
Colonisation 2.0
Why don't FIFA invest heavily in India? They might make insane returns once India starts playing World Cup regularly.
Shouldn't India invest on their own football structure first to show FIFA that they care?
Indian Football is a gold mine waiting to be exploited, says Arsene Wenger
*Fixed for you
curry mine
1-800-Cash-for-Gold ?
Again, this topic is tiring at this point but nothing will change as long as Indians continue to simply consume the sport and not play it, along with a lack of infrastructure which means poor kids have no way of accessing professional football.
In other news, Arsene Wenger opens shovel and pickaxe shop in India.
Wtf
What kind of colonialist talk is this?
Get a grip man Jesus Christ hahaha
Even before that : it’s a mystery why no english player of indian background has made it to the highest level
There are several factors but racism plays a big part. Even in cricket, South Asian origin players in England face a lot of institutional racism, despite the fact that British South Asians have been integral to England winning World Cups and Ashes, and three different countries in the Indian subcontinent had won the World Cup before England did.
Football is very popular there but they don't tend to support their own. Even during the World Cup last year, there and Bangladesh were rocking up to big screens wearing jerseys of other nations. Indians were going to Qatar to support England. It's very weird.
India generally have a very poor sporting record. They have 10 Olympic gold medals in their history. It was only really in the last 20-25 years that they sorted themselves out in cricket.
If football ever got big, the BCCI (Indian cricket board) would wield their power and try to crush it.
India is a big country mate, personally I think there are enough people to support both the sports if it becomes big.
Sue me but my kid (whenever I have him/her) is gonna train in football at all costs. It's upto them how far they want to go
Always wondered about this. Out of +1 billion people, they couldn’t find ONE talented football player?
A country that obsessed with football, with that many players, could easily be a football powerhouse.
I was thinking about this the other day. There's over 1b people there and lots looove football, why do we never see good Indian players? Is the infrastructure that bad?
Finally someone significant has realized the power of Pav Bhaji, Momo, Rice+Curry and Aloo Paratha.
Mi primera chamba
obligatory "he is a specialist in failure"