The Mexican Football Federation has broken with its regional governing body Concacaf to publicly declare support for embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino, joining Argentina in backing the under-pressure official amid mounting calls for his resignation.

Concacaf, which oversees football across North and Central America and the Caribbean, had demanded a "comprehensive reckoning" of Infantino's presidency after he abandoned a controversial plan to sell private stakes in the World Cup. Mexico, however — one of three co-hosts of the FIFA World Cup 2026 — moved in the opposite direction.

"The FMF [Mexican FA] supports president Infantino's leadership in continuing to promote the development of football through institutional strengthening," the federation said in a statement.

Mexico and Argentina align with Conmebol

Mexico's position mirrors that of Conmebol, South America's governing body, which has also refused to accept any removal of Infantino outside a vote of all 211 FIFA member associations. Mexico echoed that stance, stating it "will neither recognise nor approve any process convened outside of that institutional framework."

Argentina's football association, whose national team were runners-up at the FIFA World Cup 2026, praised Infantino for acknowledging and apologising for his "errors," describing his decade-long tenure as "centred on the development of soccer worldwide and institutional strength based on a clear, stable, and transparent governance model."

Conmebol did, however, express concern over "repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or the institutional mechanisms" designed to handle such disputes.

UEFA and Concacaf maintain opposition

The crisis centres on Infantino's now-scrapped proposal to bring private investment into FIFA tournaments — including the men's and women's World Cups — through a subsidiary called the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE). Associations were reportedly offered $40 million each to back the plan.

UEFA has been the most forceful critic, stating it has lost all confidence in Infantino's leadership and labelling the FFE proposal a "shabby, back room, opaque deal." The European body warned that a boycott of the World Cup remains possible, saying its conditions have not been met.

"Assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again," UEFA said. "These conditions have not been met."

The English FA has formally withdrawn its support for Infantino. Wales, Albania, and Croatia are among other national associations that have turned against the 56-year-old. Concacaf, while sharply critical, stopped short of declaring it had lost confidence in Infantino — unlike UEFA.

Infantino retains the unanimous backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). During a FIFA executive meeting held in Morocco, the governing body acknowledged that "mistakes" over FFE were made and that it was "not the intention" for members to "feel excluded from the process."

UEFA remained unmoved, dismissing the acknowledgement by noting that those who voiced agreement with Infantino were "people employed by the FIFA president" whose "careers depend on his favour."

FIFA has been approached for comment.