By Matt Lawton and Laura Lambert For Mailonline
Published: 11:54 BST, 20 June 2019 | Updated: 11:59 BST, 20 June 2019
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A political war has erupted between global football’s main men, after FIFA President Gianni Infantino attempted to flex his muscles by rushing through a new role to oversee African football.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin accused Infantino of reducing the FIFA Bureau of the Council’s purpose to a ‘rubber stamp function’ after a letter calling for the council’s swift approval was sent ‘in the middle of the night’ and with a deadline deemed ‘far too short’.
Sportsmail has seen evidence of the almighty dispute, which centres on Infantino’s proposal for a new position to be created to clean up football in Africa.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (left) is at loggerheads with UEFA boss Aleksander Ceferin
Infantino was only re-elected to the most powerful role in world football earlier this month, and this move will be seen as an early power play.
In letters - published today by MailOnline - to the members of the Bureau of the Council, which is made up of the regional confederation leaders, Infantino laid out his reasons for wanting to appoint a FIFA General Delegate for Africa and why FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura was his proposed
