Vocal critic Prince Ali bin Hussein denies ‘that Asia has a united position when it comes to electing the ‌next Fifa president’

Jordan Football Association president Prince Ali bin Hussein accused Fifa leader ⁠Gianni Infantino on Sunday ⁠of hijacking the Asian Football ⁠Confederation Congress for political purposes ahead of his re-election bid for a fourth term.

At the AFC’s extraordinary congress in Tokyo on Friday, its president, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, endorsed Infantino’s bid for re-election as Fifa president.

Months after the confederation ‌accused Infantino of a “fundamental breach of trust” over the abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, Sheikh Salman told the congress that Asia was now united behind Infantino.

But Prince Ali, who has been a vocal critic of Fifa’s leadership, painted a starkly different picture of events in Tokyo.