Both men have much at stake as the World Cup heads to North America next year, with the potential for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies to chill international attendance.

Uefa accuses Fifa president Gianni Infantino of prioritising "private political interests" after he turned up late for the world football governing body's congress in Paraguay.

Infantino apologised to delegates for his late arrival but European football's leading administrators were deeply unimpressed, and said the FIFA president had been accommodating his own "private political interests" by attending events alongside Trump and Middle East leaders from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.