Geneva: European football's governing body maintained its threat to boycott FIFA competitions despite FIFA apologising for its failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.
UEFA on Thursday said it had lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino and that the conditions for withdrawing its boycott threat had not been met.
FIFA and Infantino sought to present a united front following a high-level summit in Morocco on Wednesday, announcing that the president had the full support of those in attendance.
The world governing body also apologised to the FIFA Council and member associations for errors and committed to 'ensuring they do not happen again'.
“UEFA's associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the non-participation in FIFA competitions," it said in a statement. "First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again.
“These conditions have not been met. In addition, UEFA made it abundantly clear in its statement on Saturday that it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's presidency. That position holds.”
The world governing body also apologised to the FIFA Council and member associations for errors and committed to 'ensuring they do not happen again'.
But UEFA remained dissatisfied and issued a defiant message.
“Yesterday's announcement that some people employed by the FIFA president (and whose careers depend on his favour) agree with him changes nothing,” it said.
