
The Asian Football Confederation will refer Jordan FA president Prince Ali bin Hussein to its judicial bodies following his accusations that FIFA president Gianni Infantino hijacked the AFC Congress for political purposes.
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The AFC previously accused FIFA of a breach of trust regarding the abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal. Sheikh Salman recently endorsed Infantino's re-election bid.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Tuesday said it would refer Jordan Football Association president Prince Ali bin Hussein to its judicial bodies, after he accused Fifa president Gianni Infantino of hijacking the AFC Congress for political purposes.
At the AFC’s extraordinary Congress in Tokyo on Friday, its president, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, endorsed Infantino’s bid for re-election as head of football’s governing body.
Only three months after the confederation accused Infantino of a “fundamental breach of trust” over the abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal to sell a stake in Fifa tournaments, Sheikh Salman told the Congress that Asia was now united behind Infantino.
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