European soccer's search for a candidate to challenge Gianni Infantino in the FIFA presidential election will not land on clubs' leader Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the Paris Saint-Germain boss insisted Tuesday. Al-Khelaifi also is chairman of the influential European Football Clubs group and so sits on the executive committee of UEFA, which is leading efforts to oust Infantino after his failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors.

As a minister in the government of 2022 World Cup host Qatar -- which has so far supported Infantino -- Al-Khelaifi also could have broad appeal to FIFA voters in Asia, yet he moved to quash speculation he might try to lead soccer's governing body. "I have zero interest in FIFA, zero agenda [or] ambition to be there," Al-Khelaifi said at a news conference after an EFC annual meeting in the Danish capital Copenhagen.

"I don't think I'm the right guy for this position and I don't want to go actually, I'm enjoying what I'm doing," the president of Champions League title holders PSG said. "I think FIFA's not for me. Thank you." The annual meeting of the 900-member club was held amid a volatile time for soccer politics and Infantino's future, two months after his multi-billion dollar FIFA subsidiary plan was defeated and seven weeks before the deadline for candidates to challenge him.

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin is leading the campaign to end Infantino's presidency and spoke to club leaders Tuesday. "Football has no need for emperors," Ceferin said, with references clearly aimed at Infantino and his close working relations with U.S. President Donald Trump. "It's time to say enough," said Ceferin, who has ruled himself out of being a candidate.