INFANTINO EYES RICH REWARDS

AHEAD of his lucrative engagement at the nauseatingly lavish FIFA World Cup draw, Dubai's Rio Ferdinand was asked about World Cup ticket prices.

- BY ANDY DUNN

Here is how he responded.

“I am a man of the people in terms of I'm from a place where we were always hoping for things to be accessible.

“I know that the people behind the scenes at FIFA are aiming and working towards something like that. Whether they get there remains to be seen.”

It no longer remains to be seen. And what we have are ticket prices aimed more at wealthy expats living in the United Arab Emirates rather than your average man, woman and child in Peckham.