KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) 鈥� Asia鈥檚 soccer body joined opposition to to buy stakes in the and said Friday FIFA must urgently review its management style.
The Asian Football Confederation said it 鈥渟tands in solidarity鈥� with European body UEFA and North America鈥檚 CONCACAF which on Thursday respectively threatened a boycott of FIFA competitions and rejected Infantino鈥檚 offer of $20 million to each member federation.
Infantino鈥檚 proposed $20 billion commercial subsidiary for FIFA events backed by New York-based investor Joshua Kushner 鈥渃annot realistically achieve the necessary broad consensus and unity required to move forward鈥� and must be reconsidered, the AFC said in a statement.
鈥淎ccordingly, the AFC calls upon FIFA to undertake an urgent review of its governance and decision-making framework,鈥� the 47-nation Asian soccer body said.
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