Gabby Logan attacks ‘ridiculous’ FIFA president after Women’s World Cup remark

BBC presenter Gabby Logan lambasted Giannia Infantino’s comments on the women’s game as “ridiculous and reductive” after the FIFA president said women footballers must “pick the right battles”. Infantino attended FIFA women’s football convention in Sydney this week to speak about the successful World Cup in Australia.

But Infantino fell flat on his face with controversial remarks he made towards women’s footballers.

The FIFA president said: “Pick the right battles. Pick the right fights. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don’t have to do. You do it. Just do it.

“With men, with Fifa, you will find open doors. Just push the doors. They are open.” His comments have led to huge backlash on social media and among women footballers around the world.

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Speaking in the build-up to England’s World Cup final against Spain, Logan called Infantino’s remarks “ridiculous and reductive”. Former England striker Ellen White went one step further, calling on FIFA to do more to help the women’s game grow.

“He should be opening those doors and this World Cup has shown the world what women’s football can do,” she said. “What women can do on the biggest stage, how they can light up each nation, how they can inspire generations.

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“You can see by the investment from Australia. We need them to help us and open those doors and give women’s football a platform to grow and develop.”

Fara Williams agreed with her former team-mate, insisting women’s footballers are more than ready to smash through Infantino’s hypothetical door.

She added: “If he wants the door to be knocked down, let us women bombard his door down.”

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