British Prime Minister Andy Burnham suggested Sunday that FIFA President Gianni Infantino should step down, saying he is no longer fit to lead world football's governing body after the collapse of a plan to sell stakes in World Cup commercial rights.
"I do not believe that he is the right man to lead football forward on the world stage," Burnham said. "The plan that was put forward was offensive to many people, football people, around the world, and it can’t be the case that we just move on and forget that, it wasn’t acceptable."
On Saturday, European football's governing body UEFA said it had lost confidence in FIFA’s leadership – possibly paving the way for a challenge to Infantino’s presidency.
The governing body for North and Central American and Caribbean soccer (CONCACAF) said FIFA leadership had "stopped putting football first."
Infantino was forced into a backdown over his controversial plans to sell World Cup profits through a commercial subsidiary that would run its top competitions.
