Germany warns that Uefa could quit Fifa if bidding report is not published in full

The president of the German football league has sent a warning that Uefa's 54 nations could quit Fifa if the much-criticised report into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups is not published in full.

Fifa have confirmed they have received notice from ethics investigator Michael Garcia that he will appeal the decision to clear Qatar and Russia to host the 2022 and 2018 World Cups.

Garcia has been highly critical of the Fifa report from German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert which said there was no need to re-run the bidding process.

Dr Reinhard Rauball, president of the German Football League, said that the report must be published in full or Fifa will face a backlash from a number of countries.

"If this [the full report is not published] doesn’t happen and the crisis is not resolved in a credible manner, you have to entertain the question of whether you are still in good hands with Fifa. One option that would have to bear serious consideration is certainly that Uefa leaves Fifa," Rauball told German website kicker.de.

"The result [of the report] was a breakdown in communication, and it has shaken the foundations of Fifa in a way I’ve never experienced before.”

“As a solution, two things must happen. Not only must the decision of the ethics committee be published, but Mr Garcia’s bill of indictment too, so it becomes clear what the charges were and how they were judged.

"Additionally, the areas that were not evaluated [in the report] and whether that was justified [should be published]. It must be made public. That is the only way Fifa can deal with the complete loss of credibility.”

Former FA chairman David Bernstein said earlier today that "drastic" action was needed against the "totalitarian" set-up at Fifa, adding that England should boycott the next World Cup unless Fifa was totally reformed.