UEFA is set to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday afternoon to discuss the controversial FIFA’s World Cup stakeholder plans and how to deal with such a plan.

Not only did European football's governing body but also other associations slammed FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino for presenting “sell the World Cup plan” to private investors with a $40 million incentive to accept.

UEFA also issued a statement, "We have learned of Fifa's deadline to associations to support their proposals or have the one-off payout offer withdrawn. This says everything you need to know about this plan."

This was UEFA's second statement. In the first statement, the body equated the World Cup related decision to FIFA’s act of crossing a line.

“This crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross. UEFA takes it extremely seriously. So should every national football association. So should every stakeholder: leagues, clubs, players, supporters, governments and everyone who cares about the future of the game….None of........

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