The Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and Premier League accuse Fifa of leadership failure
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The four largest European football leagues have positioned themselves in a letter against FIFA's expansion policy.
The four most powerful football leagues in Europe have attacked FIFA President Gianni Infantino in a joint letter.
In the two-page letter, the Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League accuse him of fundamental leadership failure. In recent years, Infantino had "actively promoted exploitative ideas instead of preventing them," threatening the long-standing foundations of football, the letter said. However, they did not actively call on the controversial president of the world association to resign.
Infantino's name is also not mentioned in the two-page letter signed by league bosses Marc Lenz, Javier Tebas, Luigi De Siervo and Richard Masters.
"We raise our voices together, as founding members of the European Leagues and the World League Association, because we understand how FIFA's relentless expansionism affects everyone," says the letter entitled: "To unify football, FIFA must reform."

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Europe's four largest football leagues sharply criticized FIFA President Infantino in a joint letter for his leadership style and expansion plans, but refrained from directly calling for his resignation.