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DFB head on Infantino: we must send him off the field

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German Football Association President Bernd Neuendorf has demanded the resignation of FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, accusing him of damaging football and creating a culture that requires fundamental change.

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Bernd Neuendorf criticized Infantino's proposed reforms, calling them a maneuver for re-election.

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The President of the German Football Federation (DFB), Bernd Neuendorf, said that Gianni Infantino can no longer remain head of the International Football Federation (FIFA).

Representatives of all 55 national associations - members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) - will meet in Berlin on Wednesday. Neuendorf previously called Infantino's reform proposal, sent to all 211 FIFA member associations, an "obvious maneuver" designed to ensure his re-election.

"We must remove him from the field. Gianni Infantino can no longer remain at the head of FIFA. He has caused enormous damage to football. Infantino has been in power for ten years and has created a culture in FIFA that requires fundamental changes. You cannot put the fox in charge of the hen coop. It cannot be that the person responsible for the current situation is leading the process of necessary reforms," Sportschau quoted Neuendorf with reference to the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

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