FILE PHOTO: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin speaks during a news conference in Stara Pazova, Serbia, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
(Reuters) - UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin criticised his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino's plans to create two new tournaments as "highly cynical and ruthless mercantilism" and accused the global body of selling the soul of the game.
After bodies representing European clubs and leagues came out against the plan, Ceferin's speech at the European Union in Brussels indicates a serious rift between Infantino and the European game.
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