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UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF slam FIFA President Infantino over World Cup stake sale

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino came under renewed fire on Monday as a joint letter from three confederations - UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC - declared football "belongs to no individual".

[p]Infantino has been the butt of scathing criticism ever since launching, and then withdrawing within days, a plan to bring in private investment into FIFA competitions, including the World Cups.[/p][p]FIFA had hit back on Saturday at [b]"a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine"[/b] football's governing body and Infantino.[/p][embed guid="e7363ee7-5890-4452-8664-d51554a36c99" url="https://x.com/footballontnt/status/2086734513812418920" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, Monday's letter from the governing bodies of European football (UEFA), North and Central America (CONCACAF) and Asia (AFC), showed his critics were unbowed.[/p][p][b]"Leadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding - or demanding - power to be held,"[/b] they wrote.[/p][p][b]"When trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned,"[/b] the confederations added.[/p]

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