Gianni Infantino will sit across from senior Fifa executives in Rabat on Wednesday, as the fallout from his abandoned plan to sell off the organisation's commercial and event operations continues to mount.

The meeting, which BBC Sport understands will take place at Fifa's Africa office in Rabat, brings together Infantino and members of the Fifa management board — including secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, finance chief Thomas Peyer, legal chief Emilio Garcia Silvero, chief of staff Daniel O'Toole, chief of member associations Elkhan Mammadov, and media relations director Bryan Swanson.

A week of damaging revelations

The gathering follows a turbulent stretch that has seen some of Infantino's closest allies distance themselves from him publicly. Arsene Wenger, Fifa's chief of global football development, stated on Tuesday that he was "not involved" in the so-called Fifa Forward Enterprise proposal, calling the decision to abandon it "absolutely necessary and beyond question."

Carlos Cordeiro, Infantino's own senior adviser on global strategy and governance, resigned on Friday, describing the investment plan as "a bad deal for football" that would "mortgage football's future." In his resignation statement, Cordeiro posed a series of pointed questions — why this deal, why now, who benefits, and what governance would be in place — that Infantino will almost certainly face in Rabat.

Chief operating officer Kevin Lamour went further on Friday, stating that the private investment scheme had been "the project of one person" and that Fifa's own administration had been "deceived."

Prince Ali's blackmail accusation

Prince Ali, president of the Jordanian Football Association, accused Fifa of engineering a situation that "amounts to blackmail" by withholding prize money and linking payments to support for Infantino's re-election bid. The BBC has not independently verified those non-payment claims, but Prince Ali's statement reflects the depth of opposition among member associations.

Uefa announced at the weekend that it had lost confidence in Infantino's leadership, and several associations — including Wales, with England expected to follow — have withdrawn their support for his re-election. African nations Egypt, Morocco, Niger, Mauritania, and DR Congo, however, issued statements of support for Infantino on Tuesday.

What Infantino needs to do

Infantino is not expected to resign on Wednesday. He has shown no indication of stepping down and has been actively working to shore up support among his core allies worldwide. The most likely outcome of the Rabat meeting is a public statement containing an apology and commitments to reform — including additional checks and balances to prevent a similar episode from occurring.

If Infantino fights on, his opponents face an uphill task. An emergency Fifa Council meeting would require 19 of 37 Council members to call for one — a threshold BBC Sport understands is unlikely to be met. An extraordinary congress of all 211 member associations is possible if 43 associations request it in writing; Uefa's 55 members could trigger this alone. However, such a congress would take a minimum of two to three months, and a vote of no confidence would require 106 votes to pass.

The path to a rival candidate

The most direct route to removing Infantino may be finding a credible opponent ahead of the Fifa Congress in March. Infantino ran unopposed in both 2019 and 2023. Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has been identified as the most plausible unity candidate, though success is far from guaranteed. The deadline for candidates to declare is 18 November.

Historical precedent offers a cautionary note: at the peak of the 2015 Fifa scandal, Sepp Blatter was re-elected as president before resigning just eight days later. If Infantino remains in position by the end of Wednesday, this crisis may have a long way still to run.