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The map showing world's division over Infantino

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Laura Scott, Daniel Austin
The map showing world's division over Infantino
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Gianni Infantino's position as FIFA president is under significant pressure following a failed proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup. Member associations are now divided, with a growing number of countries opposing his re-election bid.

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The potential ousting of the FIFA president could lead to a major shift in the governance and commercial structure of global football.

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Gianni Infantino's previously untouchable status at the top of world football is now under significant pressure

As recently as mid-July, Gianni Infantino was considered a shoo-in to be re-elected as Fifa president next March.

All but a handful of Fifa's 210 members had endorsed his bid for a fourth term in charge of world football, and he faced no meaningful challenge from any quarter.

But that picture looks very different now, after two weeks of relentless fallout to his now-abandoned plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup and other competitions to private investors.

The world is far from united over whether Infantino should stay or go.

To illustrate that division, BBC Sport has mapped the apparent view of all 210 member associations who are able to vote (Nepal, Fifa's 211th member, is currently suspended and has no voting rights).

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