UEFA has issued a statement saying its 55 member associations remain committed to boycotting FIFA competitions, stressing that the global governing body has failed to meet their key conditions for returning.

European football’s governing body voted unanimously last Thursday to withdraw from all FIFA events following the announcement by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that the global body would seek to sell minority stakes in World Cups and other events.

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Infantino has since withdrawn the proposal and, under mounting pressure from across the sport, received the backing of the global body’s leadership at a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday.

UEFA, however, has said that the withdrawal of Infantino’s selloff plan was not its only requirement for renewed collaboration with FIFA.

“UEFA’s associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non-participation in FIFA competitions,” the statement read.

“First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again.

“These conditions have not been met. In addition, UEFA made it abundantly clear in its statement on Saturday that it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino’s presidency. That position holds.

“‘[Wednesday’s] announcement that some people employed by the FIFA President – and whose careers depend on his favour – agree with him changes nothing.”