The 50-year-old was widely expected to take over the role after he had served as the Swiss’ deputy since 2010.

His appointment has already caused controversy as he is the son of Savvas Theodoridis, a vice-president at Greek club Olympiacos who are currently the subject of match-fixing investigations in the nation.

Olympiacos President Evangelos Marinakis is accused of being the ringleader in an illegal betting scheme, which allegedly fixes matches to ensure that his team wins.

The Piraeus-based club are the most successful in the history of the Greek Super League and have won 17 of the past 19 titles.

Under Infantino, who was elected as the new President of world football’s governing body at FIFA’s Extraordinary Elective Congress in Zurich last week after he received 115 votes in the second round, Olympiacos were allowed to enter this season’s Champions League, the flagship continental club competition.

This came despite Marinakis being banned in July 2015 from all football activity for alleged involvement in a match-fixing programme from 2011 to 2013.

During the meeting today, European governing body UEFA also reiterated that they would wait until banned President Michel Platini had exhausted all appeal avenues before holding a Presidential Election.

Platini has been suspended for six years for a series of ethics breaches along with former FIFA head Sepp Blatter, in wake of the disloyal payment scandal. 

The Frenchman and the Swiss had their bans cut from eight to six years but are both still appealing the decisions to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Infantino will make his first visit to Britain since taking over as the head of world football’s governing body when he attends a meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Cardiff tomorrow.

The use of video technology within the sport, which the Swiss has long been in favour of, is set to dominate the agenda and the IFAB, who govern the laws of the game, are expected to give it the green light during the meetings.

“Football is a special game,” Infantino said.

“It’s the most beautiful and the most important sport in the world.

“We don’t have to kill football.

“One of the peculiarities of football is the flow of the game.

“It doesn’t stop like many other sports when you have time to stop and look at a video.

“In football you have a flow, you have a referee who takes important decisions.

“So we need to see what type of impact any technological help will have on the flow.

“We need to start with serious tests sooner rather than later.”

UEFA’s Executive Committee today approved the use of video technology in the finals of the Champions League and Europa League, which take place in May in Milan and Basel respectively.