Gianni Infantino has summoned senior FIFA officials to emergency talks in Morocco as his position as president appears increasingly precarious.
Following proposals to sell £3.1billion in World Cup stakes, Infantino has faced fierce criticism, with Jordan FA president Ali bin Hussein accusing him of blackmail in the latest rebuke. It is understood that these allegations have prompted the emergency meeting.
Widespread calls for resignation
The FIFA chief has since abandoned the proposals to sell stakes after numerous football associations threatened to boycott the World Cup should the plan proceed. UEFA and CONCACAF - the governing body for North and Central America and the Caribbean - have both called for Infantino to resign.
Jordan are the first Asian nation to follow suit, bringing the total number of countries demanding Infantino's resignation to 91. For the president to be removed, 106 nations must support the motion.
Jordan's grievances
Jordan's Hussein maintained that FIFA has "no shortage of issues". He said: "There is no shortage of issues regarding FIFA. Let me start by clarifying what some of these are from an FA perspective, in particular that of Jordan going into a World Cup for the first time."
"We are a small country with a minimal budget for our FA and had to deal with enormous hurdles. First, getting our fans into the USA: not all were granted visas, even though they had tickets - which we also know were sold at exorbitant prices."
"Secondly, we are being taxed by the US government through FIFA for our participation. Money that should go to players and staff. This was not the case for those who played and set up camp in Canada and Mexico. But we happened to be in the USA so now we face these huge costs in taxes for having participated."
"Thirdly we have been waiting for reward money for our players since December for the Arab Cup in Qatar, which is a FIFA event. The money our team should receive for having reached the final has not been delivered yet, while at the same time FIFA brags about how many billions they have in reserve."
Blackmail accusation
Hussein added: "It is clear the problem really is with leadership. For months, FIFA has been refusing to help us on any of these or other matters - until it was verbally communicated to me during the World Cup that if I endorsed Infantino it would go a long way to helping our FA out."
"We pride ourselves in Jordan in upholding ethical values. We did not endorse him before and certainly will not now. But the whole situation amounts to blackmail and we refuse to give in to that."
The outburst from the Jordan FA president represents the latest in a lengthy series of condemnations Infantino has faced since the proposals were leaked last week.
Internal turmoil
The meeting is anticipated to take place on Wednesday, as the organisation appears to be facing considerable internal turmoil. Last week, Infantino's senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro stepped down, describing the FFE plan as a "bad deal for football".
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, FIFA's chief of global football development, broke his silence on the matter on Tuesday and said its withdrawal was "absolutely necessary and beyond question". Wenger added: "I firmly believe in an independent FIFA that serves our game with commitment, transparency, and integrity."
FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, the second most senior figure in the organisation behind Infantino, also addressed the scheme in an email to FIFA staff, labelling it a "sad and reproachable series of events...which thankfully concluded with the project being permanently abandoned".
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