The Football Association of Ireland has withdrawn its support for Gianni Infantino to be re-elected as FIFA president.
The FAI confirmed this news in a statement, following a board meeting, where they have decided to withdraw the letter of support which they had supplied earlier this year. They have also written to FIFA to explain their reasons.
Infantino remains under pressure, despite scrapping plans to create FIFA Forward Enterprise, a company which would run the commercial and operational parts of FIFA tournaments, and a plan to sell 20% to private investors.
This also comes after UEFA has stated that they had lost confidence in Infantino's leadership following his conduct.
"We cannot keep going on like this with secret schemes on fast track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game. We must identify those responsible and hold them to account," UEFA said in a statement.
"It is right that, in the coming days and weeks, UEFA will work with its associations and in close co-operation with other confederations to reflect on how this happened and devise a plan to make sure that it cannot occur again", they added.
Along with UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF also called on Infantino to step down as FIFA president following these private investor plans.
Now, the FAI have said that while they remain grateful to FIFA for their support of Irish football, "recent events have raised significant concerns regarding governance, transparency and the lack of meaningful consultation".
"Considering the governance challenges that the FAI has itself faced in recent years, the Association feels a particular obligation to advocate for and uphold best practice". (All quotes according to RTÉ).
However, the Swiss has received the backing from Qatar, Morocco, Lebanon, Sudan, Egypt, Mauritania, and Argentina.
His position is up for election in March next year.
Elsewhere, US President, Donald Trump has also backed Infantino, saying that replacing the under fire president would be a "terrible mistake".
On his Truth Social, Trump wrote: “FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino".
Infantino's association with Mr Trump during the recent World Cup finals also caused controversy after USA striker, Floran Balogun's red card was suspended for a year, and he was allowed to play in their last 32 clash against Belgium.
Following this, Mr Trump admitted that he contacted Infantino and asked him to review the red card incident.
Mr Trump did deny speaking to Infantino over these World Cup investor plans, despite the fact that a reported investor was led by Thrive Eternal, whose founder is Josh Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son in law.
