The Guardian's Football Daily newsletter reports on a fast-moving row within world football's governing bodies after FIFA president Gianni Infantino proposed selling stakes in FIFA tournaments to private investors, prompting a strong backlash. Following pressure and the threat of a boycott, FIFA scrapped the proposal in a statement issued in the early hours of Saturday morning, but the episode has triggered a wider crisis of confidence, with national associations beginning to withdraw their prior endorsements of Infantino ahead of next year's FIFA presidential elections.

England, Wales and Finland became the first of UEFA's 55 member associations to withdraw their letters of support for Infantino, despite more than 200 associations having backed him only weeks earlier. UEFA issued a pointed statement condemning "secret schemes on fast track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals," saying the current FIFA leadership had lost the confidence of UEFA and much of the "football family," while the Welsh FA said "failing to put the best interests of football first is a failure we cannot accept." The newsletter draws a parallel with the collapse of the European Super League, suggesting further withdrawals from other national federations could follow.