What could happen to Fifa if Uefa boycotts World Cup?

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No-one can be certain what happens now. And no-one knows what the future for Infantino is.Fifa is yet to respond to Uefa's statement, which was followed up by another from Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and hosted this year's World Cup, saying their 41 members rejected the proposals.Yet, in a sense, it is not Fifa's argument.Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt is a Fifa vice-president. She spoke out against the plan at Uefa's emergency meeting on Thursday. The FA said it stands "shoulder to shoulder with our European colleagues" on the matter.Scottish FA president Mike Mulraney is also chair of Fifa's finance committee. The Scottish FA's statement said the organisation "agrees unequivocally" with Uefa's stance.The repeated responses from those who have spoken out are of fury at the lack of proper consultation and lack of dialogue from Infantino, including with his Fifa colleagues, as much as with the proposals themselves."Anger," said one source, when asked for the prevailing mood at Uefa's emergency meeting.Infantino became Fifa president in 2016 when he beat Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa by 115 votes to 88. The...

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