Gianni Infantino to be ousted from FIFA after 'inexcusable' call

Gianni Infantino is on course to be ousted from his position as FIFA president with associations now rising up against his leadership.

Wales have now become the first home nation to withdrawn their support for Infantino, while the English FA are set to write a letter to inform him he no longer has their support.

Countries across world football, most notably including the likes of Germany and Norway who never endorsed the president to begin with, are now making their stances clear.

Former Man United chief scout Mick Brown told Football Insider that Infantino cannot be allowed to get away with what has been labelled "blatant corruption" at the top level.

Instead, he will now likely follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Sepp Blatter, who resigned amid a corruption scandal in 2015 and has ironically been a vocal critic of Infantino.

This latest wave of allegations and anger directed at the current president have come amid secret plans to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors.

What is the latest on Gianni Infantino's position?

Former Tottenham scout Bryan King told Football Insider on 3 August that Infantino's position as the FIFA president is now "untenable" as more countries join his opposition.

Meanwhile, more of football's governing bodies have also taken a stand, with UEFA and its member nations declaring they would boycott any future FIFA tournaments if the sale went through.

Despite having since backed down from his initial proposal, Infantino remains under fire, and his attempts to hand football's biggest stage to the rich and powerful are inexcusable.

"It's the next Sepp Blatter situation, isn't it," Brown told Football Insider.

"It brings into question about whether the power as the president of FIFA is the ultimate issue, because there's no doubt that it is the power and influence raising the issues.

"Ultimately, power corrupts, and we've seen it with Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini, now Gianni Infantino, all of whom have been at the centre of scandals with FIFA.

"When the issues with Blatter were ongoing, I was very vocal about them, but I was always told there was nothing anybody could do about it.

"Now, it looks like something will be done about Infantino because you're seeing all of the countries and the governing bodies withdraw their support and speak out against him.

"It's not even just that the idea of selling off shares of the World Cup is a bad thing, which it is, it's more that he tried to do it in private without people being consulted. That is inexcusable.

"He wants to sell football to the highest bidder, ultimately to make money for himself, and then you have to look at other decisions he has made.

"The relationship with Donald Trump, where he can snap his fingers and get a ban overturned, is a major concern. As well as the prices of tickets at the World Cup.

"He had people forking out thousands of pounds to go to a game of football. That is not the game I know, those are not the fans I know, and it isn't a positive for anybody.

"It's difficult to label it anything else other than blatant corruption, it's all about money and nothing to do with the game of football.

"I don't see a way in which he can continue with everything he has done, but unfortunately I've seen this story before and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he got away with it."

What other scandals has Infantino been involved in?

Infantino's plan to sell shares in the World Cup to investors is not the only scandal he has been involved in recently, with other issues piling the pressure on his future.

During the World Cup, alarm bells were raised when FIFA suspended a ban given to USA striker Folarin Balogun, after president Donald Trump confessed he had called Infantino about the decision.

Brown told Football Insider in July that Infantino's relationship with Trump is becoming a major concern amid fresh allegations of corruption and questions over his integrity.

Despite what, on the surface at least, appeared to be a very successful World Cup in North America, FIFA and Infantino have faced growing criticisms from outside.

Multiple concerns surrounding decisions made behind the scenes have only served to pile on the pressure, with Infantino's position as president now under threat.