UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC presidents accuse Gianni Infantino of 'deception' in open letter demanding FIFA president is held accountable for failed plot to sell the World Cup

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UEFA has accused under pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino of deception in a joint statement with the football federations of Asia and North and Central America.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and CONCACAF, which runs football in the Caribbean, North and Central America, teamed up with UEFA on Monday to attack Infantino over his conduct during the proposed sale of stake in the commercial rights to the World Cup.

The statement said that Infantino had broken trust 'through deception' with the now abandoned proposal, had 'placed himself above the collective' and the three confederations called for a fully independent review of what had happened.

'Football's strength has always been its unity,' the statement concluded. 'We call for that unity to be honored now, for leadership that serves football, not seeks to command it.'

FIFA released a statement on Saturday criticising a 'concerted and ongoing effort' to 'undermine' both the organisation and Infantino.

UEFA announced on Thursday that they will continue to boycott FIFA competitions if Infantino remains at the top of world football after his scandalous plans to sell £3.1billion in World Cup stakes to private investors collapsed. Meanwhile, Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) president Lise Klaveness called for him to resign on Friday.

UEFA (president Aleksander Ceferin, left) has accused under pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino (right) of deception in a joint statement with federations CONCACAF and AFC

Mexico's football federation broke ranks with CONCACAF to come out in support of Infantino, with Argentina, Qatar, Paraguay, Morocco and Egypt among those in favour of him remaining as FIFA president.

Infantino has also faced allegations this week that UEFA made a 'departure payment' to a female employee with whom he is alleged to have been in a relationship while general secretary of European football’s governing body.

UEFA have confirmed a payment was made, but FIFA labelled the allegation as ‘categorically untrue’.

As it stands, despite UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF's joint statement, the FIFA president still appears to have enough support to survive a vote of no confidence and secure a fourth term in next March’s election.