European Football Associations (UEFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), issued a joint statement ​on Monday attacking International Federation of Association Football President Gianni Infantino.

The attacks are over his ⁠conduct during the proposed ​sale of stake in the ​commercial rights to the World Cup.

The statement said that Infantino ​had broken trust “through deception” ​with the now abandoned proposal, had “placed ‌himself ⁠above the collective” and the three confederations called for a fully independent review ​of what ​had ⁠happened.

“Football’s strength has always been its unity,” ​the statement concluded. “We ​call ⁠for that unity to be honoured now, for leadership ⁠that ​serves football, not ​seeks to command it.”

–Reuters–