A group of influential current and former footballers have called for change at the top of Fifa, adding to the pressure on Gianni Infantino. In a statement shared widely across social media, they said "enough is enough".
The intervention is significant because some of those behind its circulation have undertaken ambassadorial work for Fifa under its "Fifa Legends" programme. Among them is former Manchester United and Arsenal defender Mikaël Silvestre, who also sits on the governing body's 16-member players' voice panel designed to assist with anti-racism initiatives.
Others who shared the statement include England defender Lucy Bronze, former England goalkeeper David James and France's 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit. More signatories are expected to follow in a concerted reaction to Infantino's ill-fated attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup.
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