Gianni Infantino, the FAI, IFA and six Arab football federations
Thursday
The Football Association of Ireland has formally withdrawn its support for Gianni Infantino, while Northern Ireland’s IFA backed UEFA’s stance. Separately, Qatar, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Mauritania issued a joint statement supporting the FIFA president.
The opposing declarations underline how Infantino’s election support is fragmenting after FIFA’s abandoned private-investment proposal. Ireland joins England and Wales in withdrawing backing, while the six Arab federations give Infantino an important bloc of support ahead of March’s election.