European Football (UEFA) president Michel Platini has emerged as the favourite after being urged to run by four of the six FIFA confederations, while former Brazil great Zico and Liberia Football Federation president Musa Bility have confirmed that they will seek the five nominations required.
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Chung, the billionaire scion of the Hyundai conglomerate and a former FIFA vice president, told Yonhap News agency he was still thinking about standing in the election, which will take place on Feb. 26. But on June 2 he produced his equally stunning announcement that he would stand down.
The proposed reforms would include integrity checks for the all-powerful 25-member executive committee, term limits for top officials and public disclosure of their earnings.
For the record, it’s not lack of education: Brodkin, 38, was a medical doctor before he moved into comedy. Webb, from the Cayman islands, was among the seven people detained in Zurich.
FIFA is in the grip of the worst crisis in its 111-year history, with 14 sports marketing executives and soccer officials, including several from FIFA, indicted in the United States on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges. “But FIFA (does)”, Blatter said as noted by Arab News. “This time I will go to radio, as this is the most popular item in information”.
Platini’s potential bid for the presidency is said to have the support of Europe, Asia, South America and the CONCACAF confederation.
But a prankster who managed to get past FIFA security at the organisation’s Zurich headquarters overshadowed Blatter’s press conference by showering the embattled governing body’s chief with fake money.
An embarrassed Blatter looks on with fake dollar notes flying around him, thrown by Brodkin in Zurich yesterday.
His real name is Simon Brodkin and he is a popular face in the British stand-up comedy circuit.
It was Blatter’s first press conference since announcing he was stepping down as President of FIFA, and Brodkin was up to his old tricks. But a major change includes bidding regulations for World Cups.
“I will come back to my work, my hobby, as a journalist”, Blatter said.
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Before he could begin, however, British comedian Simon Brodkin walked up to Blatter and placed a large pile of funny money on the table.
