However, Conmebol did “express its concern about the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or the institutional mechanisms provided for dealing with this type of situation”.

Meanwhile, the football association of 2026 World Cup runners-up Argentina praised Infantino for recognising and apologising for his “errors”.

It described his decade-long tenure as Fifa president as “centred on the development of soccer worldwide and institutional strength based on a clear, stable, and transparent governance model”.

Infantino is unanimously backed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), but faces opposition from European football’s governing Uefa and Concacaf.

European teams could still boycott the World Cup as Uefa said its conditions had not been met, despite Infantino’s plan being aborted.

“Assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again,” a Uefa statement read.

“These conditions have not been met.”

Uefa has already said it has lost confidence in Infantino, calling the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal a “shabby, back room, opaque deal”.

The English FA has sent a letter withdrawing its support for Infantino, while Wales, Albania and Croatia are among other individual associations to have turned their back on the 56-year-old.

Concacaf described Infantino’s proposal as “a symptom of leadership that has stopped putting football first”, and that “this recent unilateral and egregious act of poor governance and leadership follows a pattern of missteps and similar behaviour”.

However, unlike Uefa, it did not go as far as to say it had lost confidence in the Fifa president.

Before Infantino withdrew his proposal, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said it stood “in solidarity” with Uefa and Concacaf in opposition to the plans.

Mark Wilson believes the aim of returning Partick Thistle to the Scottish Premiership was a huge factor in midfielder Ben Stanway signing a surprise one-year deal to stay at the club.

The 21-year-old had been widely expected to leave Firhill in the summer after a standout campaign of 12 goals last term.

Thistle narrowly missed out on promotion, losing out to St Mirren in the play-off final.

“He wants to be part of something special here at Thistle,” said manager Wilson.

“He’s been here since he was 11, so 10 years at the club.

“In his tenth year, if he can get promotion, it would really be the icing on the cake for him.”

The academy graduate was linked with moves to various Premiership clubs throughout last season, with Wilson describing his exit as practically a “foregone conclusion” back in January.

But the Thistle boss is delighted with the turn of events.

“His performances were so eye-catching, of course there was going to be interest,” said Wilson. “If I’m being truthful, I was resigned to probably losing him.

“But we always kept ourselves in with a chance, by keeping in constant dialogue with him – particularly [assistant manager] Alex Rae. As time progressed that window of opportunity opened a wee bit.”

The Glasgow side are at home to fellow promotion hopefuls Livingston on Friday – live in front of the BBC Scotland cameras – after an opening weekend 1-0 victory away to Greenock Morton.

Wilson is hopeful Stanway can further enhance his credentials by helping take Thistle back to the top flight for the first time since 2018.

“He’s got a song about him from the fans as well; it’s not often you get that,” added Wilson.

“He just felt an absolute connection with this club and a drive to help Partick Thistle out of this division.

“That’s testament to the lad. He’s got a real purpose and determination about him that our young players – and even our experienced ones – can learn from.”