FIFA Reviews Salt Bae's 'Undue Access' to Pitch After Messi and Argentina’s World Cup Win
Nusret Goekce, also known as Salt Bae, holds the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Winner's Trophy on Dec. 18.
Photographer: Dan Mullan/Getty Images
Zurich (AP) -- FIFA is taking “appropriate internal action” to address breaches of World Cup protocol by a celebrity chef who held the gold trophy on the field, soccer’s governing body said Thursday.
The chef, who is known as Salt Bae and is regularly seen with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, mingled with Argentina players and posed for photos after their victory over France in an epic game on Sunday in Qatar.