UEFA, the governing body of European soccer, has declared no confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino after his plan to sell World Cup profits to private investors was scrapped. The plan, which would have created a $20 billion company to run the World Cup with private investors, drew backlash from many in the soccer community.

UEFA’s Statement

UEFA issued a blistering statement hours after FIFA announced it was withdrawing its private equity plan. “We cannot keep going on like this with secret schemes on fast-track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game,” UEFA said. “We must identify those responsible and hold them to account.”

The president of the Asian soccer confederation, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, said “the future of global football must always be shaped through proper consultation, collective dialogue and respect for the established governance structures of our game.”

CONCACAF’s Statement

CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central American and Caribbean soccer, also called for accountability, saying: “A (World Cup) proposal of this magnitude does not reach that stage by accident. It is a symptom of leadership that has stopped putting football first. This recent unilateral and egregious act of poor governance and leadership follows a pattern of missteps and similar behavior. A full review of this leadership must now take place.”

Original reporting: KOCO Sports (Oklahoma City) — read the source article.