Infantino broke trust ‘through deception’ say confederation presidents

UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and CONCACAF, which runs football in the Caribbean, North and Central America, issued an open letter on Monday attacking FIFA President Gianni Infantino over his conduct during the proposed sale of a stake in the commercial rights to the World Cup.

The statement, which stopped just short of openly calling for a new leadership, said that Infantino had broken trust “through deception” with the now abandoned proposal, had “placed himself above the...