Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation have accused Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino of breaking trust “through deception” in a strongly worded open letter.
The letter was signed by the presidents and general secretaries of all three confederations, representing Europe, North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Asia.
At the heart of the dispute is the Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal, which would have created a new company to manage commercial and ticketing rights across all Fifa competitions, including the World Cups.
The controversial plan would have seen 21% of those rights sold off to a private investment company, a prospect that drew widespread criticism from multiple confederations.
Uefa led the opposition to the proposal and threatened a boycott of all Fifa competitions, with the plan ultimately being aborted in the face of that pressure.
“When trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned,” the letter stated.
The confederations further declared that “leadership in football is not a possession” and is instead “a duty of service to the football family that entrusts it.”
While the open letter stopped short of naming Infantino directly, sources have told BBC Sport that it should be seen as an opportunity for him to resign and leave his position with dignity.
The three confederations also criticised Infantino for shutting out Fifa council members and member associations from a management board meeting held in Rabat, Morocco last Wednesday, summoning only senior Fifa-employed staff instead.
The letter took direct aim at Fifa’s admission of mistakes made during the FFE process, arguing that the acknowledgement did not go nearly far enough in accepting responsibility.
“It did not acknowledge that the proposal itself was inherently wrong,” the letter stated, adding that attempting to sell an interest in the Fifa World Cup represented “a profound failure of judgement.”
The confederations described the move as “not just a procedural misstep, but a fundamental breach of trust with the very institutions Fifa exists to serve.”
Fifa had previously issued a statement on Saturday evening which strongly criticised what it described as a “concerted and ongoing effort” to “undermine” the organisation and Infantino.
Fifa has since committed to presenting a report to the next Fifa council meeting, which is expected to take place in October, though the confederations remain far from satisfied with that response.
The three governing bodies argued that proper governance demanded any such review “be conducted by a fully independent third party,” rejecting Fifa’s internal approach as insufficient given the scale of the crisis.
The open letter also underlined a legal warning previously issued by Uefa, insisting that Fifa must not delete or destroy any documents connected to the controversial Fifa Forward Enterprise plans.
