UEFA's 54-member nation body could quit FIFA if Michael Garcia's report into World Cup bidding is not published.
Dr Reinhard Rauball, president of the German Football Leauge, laid bare the tensions within FIFA over the split between the ethics committee judge, Hans-Joachim Eckert, and Garcia, the US attorney who heads the investigatory arm and spent 18 months probing the race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Garcia has disowned Eckert’s summary of his 430-page report, which effectively cleared Russia and Qatar.
“The result was a breakdown in communication, and it has shaken the foundations of Fifa in a way I’ve never experienced before,” said Rauball.