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The ensuing backlash — which included vows by European nations to boycott FIFA events and claims from senior staff that Infantino deceived everyone — led Infantino to announce Friday that he was abandoning the plan . “Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place,” he said in a statement. 18 is the deadline for candidates to enter the next presidential contest, exactly four months ahead of the vote in Rabat, Morocco, where FIFA has its African headquarters.
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