FIFA President Gianni Infantino has faced open revolt in the football world since he proposed and then abandoned a plan to carve off the commercial rights to the World Cup and sell 20 per cent of them to private investors to raise about US$4.2 billion.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has faced open revolt in the football world since he proposed and then abandoned a plan to carve off the commercial rights to the World Cup and sell 20 per cent of them to private investors to raise about US$4.2 billion.

UEFA and two other confederations have held initial talks about organising competitions themselves amid the backlash against embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

UEFA, AFC and Concacaf have united against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over the controversial World Cup stake plan. Their demand for an independent review has turned a commercial dispute into a major governance crisis.