New Delhi, July 22 -- As FIFA President Gianni Infantino is facing pressure from notable football bosses in Europe, US President Donald Trump has come out as his primary saviour, with reports claiming that Trump wants Infantino as the next secretary-general of the United Nations, the New York Post reported.

The 55-year-old FIFA boss and the US President share a close relationship, which developed as he met Trump several times ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which the US co-hosted with Mexico and Canada. The Swiss-born administrator of world football has often tried to keep himself in Trump's good books, at first by awarding him the FIFA Peace Prize after he was denied his much-desired Nobel Prize, and then during the World Cup, Trump h...