TA: Following the crisis meeting, Infantino received full support from FIFA's top management.

According to The Athletic, FIFA officials have given their full support to President Gianni Infantino following a crisis meeting in Morocco.

On Wednesday local time, after attending a crisis meeting in Morocco, Infantino received the "full support" of FIFA's senior leadership staff.

Prior to this meeting, Gianni Infantino was forced to withdraw his FFE proposal. The FIFA president had planned to sell a stake in the world football governing body's commercial and event operations, but the plan was abandoned after facing strong opposition globally, threatening his position.

FIFA issued a statement Wednesday evening local time, saying that 56-year-old FIFA President Gianni Infantino still has the “full support” of the organization’s Secretary General Matthias Grafström and members of the FIFA Management Committee.

Infantino posted on social media that the attendees "fully maintained their support for his position and for Grafström's position."

Infantino also stated, "We also agree that FIFA will not tolerate any attack on its integrity and will take all necessary measures to safeguard its reputation."

Grafström was unaware of Infantino's FFE proposal and had criticized the plan earlier this week. In a letter to employees seen by The Athletic on Monday morning, Grafström stated that "personal, unstable moments and unfortunate events come and go," and described the incident as "a series of sad and reprehensible events."

The meeting, held in Rabat on Wednesday, began late in the morning and was attended by members of the FIFA Management Committee.

In addition to Grafström, attendees included FIFA Member Association Affairs Director Elhan Mammadov, Chief Legal Officer Emilio Garcia Silvero, Chief Financial Officer Thomas Payet, Chief of Staff Daniel O'Toole, Media Director Brian Swanson, and Human Resources Director Kimberly Morris.

The meeting lasted most of the day, after which the delegation, led by Infantino and Grafström, watched the Women's Africa Cup of Nations match between Malawi and Zambia. During the match, Infantino and Grafström were photographed sitting together, smiling.

FIFA Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour did not travel to Morocco for the meeting. Last week, he criticized Gianni Infantino, telling the Associated Press that Infantino had “cheated” the governing body’s staff with a failed FFE proposal.

FIFA stated that its meeting on Wednesday acknowledged "errors made regarding the FFE." FIFA said, "The meeting unanimously agreed that there was no intention to make the FIFA Council and FIFA member associations feel excluded from the process, which should have been handled differently. The meeting further acknowledged that errors also occurred after the proposal was leaked to the media."

FIFA also stated that it has apologized to the FIFA Council and the 211 FIFA member associations respectively, and "promised to ensure that such a situation does not happen again."

FIFA added: "A review will now begin, and a report will be submitted at the next regular meeting of the FIFA Council."

As internal pressure on Gianni Infantino mounts, Jordanian Football Federation President and former FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Hussein issued a strongly worded statement on social media on Tuesday, accusing the world's governing body of "extortion," further intensifying external pressure.

He wrote: “We take pride in upholding moral values in Jordan. We did not support him in the past, and we certainly will not now. But the whole situation is tantamount to blackmail, and we refuse to yield to it.”

UEFA, the governing body of European football, has called for Gianni Infantino's resignation, saying it has lost confidence in his leadership; the English Football Association is also preparing to follow the Welsh Football Association's lead and withdraw its previous letter supporting Infantino's re-election next year.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the CONCACAF (Constitution of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) have not yet made the explicit calls for high-level changes like their European counterparts, but both organizations are demanding an urgent explanation from Gianni Infantino. CONCACAF is the host federation for this summer's World Cup.

Before the next presidential election in March next year, anyone who opposes Infantino's continued presidency must put forward at least one candidate to challenge the incumbent president by November 18.