Wednesday 28 March 2018 20:25, UK
FIFA president Gianni Infantino insists their bidding process for the 2026 World Cup is fair and transparent.
The governing body stated it had received one bid from Morocco and a joint bid from the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Infantino's response came after Moroccan bid chairman Moulay Hafid Elalamy discussed the prospect of the FIFA president privately backing their opposition at a briefing in Casablanca.
Infantino said: "I challenge anyone to point out an organisation that conducts a bidding process as fair, objective and transparent as the one that FIFA is carrying out for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
"FIFA has been heavily criticised for how it conducted the selection of hosts in the past, it was our obligation to learn from this and leave no room for any doubt or subjectivity.
"This is why the rules of this process include the highest standards in terms of ethical conduct, participation and commitment to sustainability and human rights."
Elalamy had said he hoped the "values and equity and righteousness should be the values of FIFA."
"It's very serious that the opinion of a president could change strategic opinions. I think [FIFA] went through changes to achieve transparency," Elalamy added.
"I am still convinced that these responsibilities will not allow [Infantino] to have a partial position. It's difficult to enter a race and say the referee or judge is not impartial.
"FIFA needed to reform itself and I am convinced this has been the case."
FIFA will choose the hosts at its annual congress in Moscow in June.
