England and Wales just ditched Infantino. Finland's already gone.

Monday's big story in football circles wasn't about a new season kicking off or some cup drama. It was Gianni Infantino getting the cold shoulder from three major European federations.

The English and Welsh FAs, along with Finland, have now withdrawn their letters of support for next year's Fifa presidential election. That's a proper blow. These weren't fringe voices either—England and Wales are heavyweight members of Uefa's 55-strong organization.

The mood shift is obvious. A week earlier, everyone was talking about money, greed, and honestly some weird tangent involving a Trump relative's brother. Now? It's all about Infantino and whether his grip on power is actually as solid as he'd like people to think.

Finland got there first. England and Wales followed. And when the big names start bailing on your reelection campaign, that's not exactly the trajectory you want heading into an election year.

On a softer note, the football world also mourned Franco Baresi this week. The AC Milan legend passed away, and honestly, the tributes said everything about who he was. One piece that stuck around described how Baresi convinced his manager to push harder in training rather than ease up, and how even after losing a World Cup final on penalties in 1994, he reflected on it like a man who'd lived out a dream. That's the kind of character that football doesn't seem to produce as much anymore.

There's also been the usual stream of reader letters—someone worried Newcastle's new striped kit might be cursed (West Brom wore something similar before getting relegated), and a cheeky suggestion about letting lower-league Scottish clubs fill in for boycotting nations in a revamped World Cup. You know, the kind of mad ideas that make the daily email fun.

For now though, all eyes are on whether more federations follow England, Wales, and Finland's lead. Infantino's had a pretty comfortable ride at Fifa, but backing away from his reelection bid? That's a first.