Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali moved to dump the Football Association of Selangor (FAS) after the organisation came under stinging criticism by Selangor Raja Muda Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Azmin, who is FAS president, joined in the criticism against the organisation's exco, using Tengku Amir's exact same words to describe the lineup - "excessive politics, old-fashioned way of doing things, over dependency on subsidy mentality".

"Therefore, I and (Selangor exco member) Amirudin Shari have decided to no longer be associated with an organisation and management that does not have credibility nor commitment to the agenda of change to ensure the glory of Selangor's football," he said in a statement today.

Azmin said he initially welcomed the move when the FAS exco appointed him as FAS president in 2014 and Amirudin was subsequently appointed manager of Selangor FA by virtue of his position as state exco member in charge of sports.

He said Amirudin had embarked on strengthening the state's football team, including setting up the Akademi Merah Kuning to recruit footballers at a young age and helped end a 10-year drought for the Piala Malaysia.

"Unfortunately, after two years we have been with FAS, we did not see the FAS exco's preparedness to embrace change.

"To date, the FAS exco had failed to come up with a strategic plan for the management of Selangor's football, including for a professional organisational management, as urged by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)," he said.

Despite the duo abandoning FAS, Azmin said he is committed to helping the state's football, but not through the current FAS.

"Football is the peoples' sport that can strengthen unity and harmony amongst the people of Selangor.

"The state government will support the development of Selangor's football through a new method that will decided soon.

"We guarantee Selangor football fans that the glory days of our football will be repeated through a management that is clean and with integrity," he said.

Earlier this month, FAS demanded RM15 million from the Selangor government and threatened to withdraw Selangor FA from the Super League if it did not get the funds.

However, the Selangor government was adamant that FAS would not get any additional funding.