Zurich, Oct. 15 -- In a stormy meeting at the FIFA headquarters, the president of the world's football-governing body was met with sharp and scathing responses regarding "not being fit" to lead the organisation as he offered his apologies to the council for his now-scrapped FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan, seeking private investment and participation in FIFA competitions, including the World Cup.

The FIFA council met on Thursday in Zurich for the first time since the scandalous revelation of the FFE plan by the media. Ahead of the FIFA presidential elections next year, Infantino is fighting a massive battle to retain his job. He faced criticism after plans to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private investment firms triggered oppos...