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UEFA chief Ceferin calls for Infantino to quit but rules out replacing him

File - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin speaks with Fifa president Gianni Infantino before the start of the UEFA Euro 2024 at the Olympiastadion Berlin in Berlin on June 29, 2024.
File - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin speaks with Fifa president Gianni Infantino before the start of the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Switzerland and Italy at the Olympiastadion Berlin in Berlin on June 29, 2024. © Odd Andersen, AFP

Aleksander Ceferin, president of the European soccer confederation (UEFA) has announced that he will not run against Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has been mired in a crisis since the failure of his controversial – and ultimately abandoned – plan to open FIFA to private investors.

UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin says he is "not interested" in replacing Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president must quit or face a leadership challenge.

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