FIFA's Infantino: World Cup tickets priced at U.S. market rate - ESPN

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has again defended high ticket prices for this summer's World Cup and brushed off seats for the final being resold at a cost of more than $2 million.

During an appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, Infantino addressed the criticism directed at world soccer's governing body over the prices set for the tournament and the adoption of dynamic pricing.

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FIFA has been accused by fans of a «monumental betrayal» on ticket costs, but Infantino has previously stressed that the revenue from the flagship tournament supports the development of soccer globally.

Fans have been further angered by the addition of more expensive categories as the tournament approaches. Many of the tickets still on general sale are for the more expensive categories.

«We have to look at the market,» Infantino said. «We are in the market in which entertainment is the most developed in the world, so we have to apply market rates.

»In the U.S., it is permitted to resell tickets as well, so if you were to sell tickets at the price which is too low, these tickets will be resold at a much higher price. And as a matter of fact, even though some people are saying that the ticket prices we have are high, they still end up on the resale market at an even higher price, more than double our price."

Tickets are available via resale platforms including FIFA's own marketplace, and last month four seats for the World Cup final were listed at just under $2.3 million each.

FIFA does not control the asking prices on its resale platform but