Asian football endorses Infantino re-election as FIFA president / Photo: Mohd RASFAN - AFP
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Asian football endorses Infantino re-election as FIFA president
The head of the Asian Football Confederation on Friday said the region supported Gianni Infantino's bid for re-election as FIFA president following weeks of fierce criticism of his aborted World Cup selloff plan.
The 56-year-old Swiss was present at a Tokyo meeting of the AFC when president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa gave his unequivocal backing.
Sheikh Salman had previously condemned Infantino over his plan to open FIFA's premium competitions such as the World Cup to private investors.
Infantino has faced calls to quit and had lost the support of many associations in his bid to be re-elected to a fourth and final term.
"I think that we reaffirm our full commitment, of course, to supporting you and your leadership as you seek a new mandate as FIFA president," said Sheikh Salman, in a significant boost to Infantino.
"I think you've visited a lot of countries in Asia. I've spoken to a lot of members within this continent.
"I know your feeling. And I think your commitment is clear as well. Your support to Gianni is very clear."
Hinting at previous discord, Sheikh Salman told the AFC Extraordinary Congress and Infantino: "Gianni, yes, we had some issues we spoke about in the past.
"But let's not relate the two things together. We need to move forward... football is strongest when we work together."
L.Davis--AMWN
