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UEFA declares no confidence in FIFA leadership as pressure mounts on Infantino

European football’s governing body has lost confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, UEFA said in a blistering statement on Saturday. The announcement followed Infantino’s U-turn over a plan sell World Cup profits to private investors.

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European football’s governing body has lost confidence in FIFA leadership, UEFA said in a statement on Saturday, as pressure mounts on Gianni Infantino.

Successfully stopping Gianni Infantino's FIFA plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was the first half of a high-stakes game in global soccer politics.

The second half kicked off Saturday with what seemed a clear aim of ending Infantino's decade-long presidency.

"No option should be off the table," said European soccer body UEFA, whose president Aleksander Čeferin has led the fight against Infantino in a seismic week for FIFA.

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Hours later, FIFA chief operating officer Kevin Lamour issued a statement to The Associated Press, saying FIFA staff were deceived by Infantino's lack of openness in planning the sale over recent months and that the project must not continue.

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European football’s governing body has lost confidence in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, UEFA said in a blistering statement on Saturday.

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