New York: European football nations have reacted with concern to Sepp Blatter's re-election as Fifa president.
Denmark's Football Association chief called it "a defeat for transparency" while England's FA Chairman said he might support a World Cup boycott.
However, the tournament's next host, Russia, said it was pleased with Mr Blatter's re-appointment.
Mr Blatter, 79, was re-elected on Friday, in a vote overshadowed by arrests and corruption allegations.
The Fifa election has taken place against the backdrop of the US's indictment of several Fifa officials and the launch of a separate Swiss criminal investigation.
On Saturday, US tax official Richard Weber told the New York Times he was "fairly confident that we will have another round of indictments".
Mr Blatter's rival, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, had forced a second round of voting but then withdrew.
The European football body, Uefa, had backed Prince Ali, with president Michel Platini describing it as "a movement for change at Fifa".
European FAs will meet at next week's Champions League final in Berlin to discuss their next move.
"We have to see how best we can use the European muscle," Irish FA president John Delaney told RTE News.
Europe's seat at the next meeting of Fifa's powerful Executive Committee is expected to be empty, as newly-appointed representative David Gill had said before Friday's vote that he would resign if Mr Blatter was re-elected.
Denmark's Football Association chief called it "a defeat for transparency" while England's FA Chairman said he might support a World Cup boycott.
However, the tournament's next host, Russia, said it was pleased with Mr Blatter's re-appointment.
Mr Blatter, 79, was re-elected on Friday, in a vote overshadowed by arrests and corruption allegations.
The Fifa election has taken place against the backdrop of the US's indictment of several Fifa officials and the launch of a separate Swiss criminal investigation.
On Saturday, US tax official Richard Weber told the New York Times he was "fairly confident that we will have another round of indictments".
Mr Blatter's rival, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, had forced a second round of voting but then withdrew.
The European football body, Uefa, had backed Prince Ali, with president Michel Platini describing it as "a movement for change at Fifa".
European FAs will meet at next week's Champions League final in Berlin to discuss their next move.
"We have to see how best we can use the European muscle," Irish FA president John Delaney told RTE News.
Europe's seat at the next meeting of Fifa's powerful Executive Committee is expected to be empty, as newly-appointed representative David Gill had said before Friday's vote that he would resign if Mr Blatter was re-elected.
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