France, Aug. 6 -- Following a meeting with Fifa secretary general Mattias Grafstrom and members of the organisation's management board in the Moroccan capital Rabat, Fifa issued a statement apologising for the way the proposals had been presented.

"It was agreed that it was not the intention for the Fifa Council and Fifa Member Associations to feel excluded from the process and that the process should have been handled differently. It was further acknowledged that errors were also made after the proposal was leaked to media."

Last week, the British newspapers the Financial Times and The Times revealed an Infantino-backed proposal to sell a 20 percent stake in a new commercial rights entity called Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) to private...