Pakistan, Aug. 3 -- Gianni Infantino's position as FIFA president looks untenable following his ?failed plan to ?sell a stake in the World Cup's commercial rights, the head of Europe's professional football leagues has said.

Claudius Schafer, whose organisation represents 53 professional men's and women's football leagues, said ?on Sunday there could be "only one consequence" for ?Infantino after his plan triggered a storm of protest from regional associations. "When I saw how this whole thing unfolded and that FIFA's key bodies weren't involved, then there's essentially only one consequence in any company or association," he told Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung.

Asked if this meant that Infantino was now unacceptable as FIFA president,...