Uefa is "likely" to withdraw its threat to boycott Fifa tournaments as the two conditions it was seeking from world football's governing body following president Gianni Infantino's failed attempt to sell off stakes in the World Cup, have been met, a source said on Wednesday.

Infantino, 56, has come under increasing pressure to step down as president over his now-abandoned plan to secure private investment in Fifa tournaments, including the World Cup.

Uefa, led by their president Aleksander Ceferin, had described the proposal in scathing terms, labelling it a "shady, opaque backroom deal."

Despite Infantino withdrawing the plan only days after its launch, Uefa had said they were still not content and their threat to boycott Fifa events remained in place.

They said their demand that the plan be shelved had been met, but that they had not received assurances "that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again."

However, with Uefa's national associations meeting in Monaco on Thursday ahead of the draws for the Champions League and other club competitions, it appears that European football's governing body is happy the second one has been settled satisfactorily.

"Yes it is likely," the source said on Wednesday, regarding the possibility of dropping the boycott threat.

"I think the reassurance we sought has been received so it fulfils the second of the two criteria we set."

Infantino is seeking a fourth and final term when Fifa holds its presidential election in the Moroccan capital Rabat next March.

Previously, he was likely to be unopposed, but since the private financing scandal, a raft of member associations have withdrawn their support for him.

Italy became the latest to do so earlier on Wednesday.

The deadline for candidates to declare is November 18.

Ceferin has confirmed that he will not stand, while Concacaf president Victor Montagliani is regarded as the likeliest challenger. (AFP)



Edited by Tony Sabine