Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam Association challenger Joseph Blatter as a candidate for the office of the Fifa president. This was announced by the 61-year-old Qatari on to a specially scheduled press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Blatter has since 1998 Fifa boss and aims at the Congress of the World Football Federation on 1 June in Zurich, a fourth term in office.
Bin Hammam is a promising candidate. "The time is ripe for a change, it's time for new faces, new blood. The Fifa needs change, "the Qatari businessman said at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He estimated his chances at 50-50. Bin Hammam heard since 1996, the FIFA Executive Committee and ended with his announcement of months of speculation about his ambitions.
By 1 April at midnight he must now be officially nominated by one of the 208 national associations. The 75-year-old Blatter has already been proposed by Somalia. His candidacy bin Hammam combined with concrete reform proposals in the event of his election. He wants to include the last increase in the controversial award of the World Cup 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) from corruption possible suspect of the Fifa Executive Committee from the current 24 to 41 members.
"I have the desire and the will to serve the Fifa," said bin Hammam in front of a poster with his likeness and the inscription "Future" ("Future"). The Asian top official long considered a close friend of Blatter and voices buyer in two election campaigns. But recently, he repeatedly criticized publicly the Fifa structures.
With his call to limit the term of office of the Fifa president general, however, he was failed in the past year. So far, eight of the Fifa president - the Brazilian João Havelange and seven Europeans. Bin Hammam would be the first Asian. With a response by Blatter on his rival candidates was not to be accountable first.
A few days ago the Swiss in the ZDF heute-journal had said: ".. If he wants to go into the election, he must distinguish itself somehow - then he should do it I do not need the" Blatter was in 1998 after an intense campaign to FIFA executive chair occupied. In a crucial vote, he beat out the former Uefa president Lennart Johansson.
2002 election victory was followed by the African Union chief Issa Hayatou. In 2007 Blatter unopposed by acclamation was confirmed in office. 
Bin Hammam is a promising candidate. "The time is ripe for a change, it's time for new faces, new blood. The Fifa needs change, "the Qatari businessman said at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He estimated his chances at 50-50. Bin Hammam heard since 1996, the FIFA Executive Committee and ended with his announcement of months of speculation about his ambitions.
By 1 April at midnight he must now be officially nominated by one of the 208 national associations. The 75-year-old Blatter has already been proposed by Somalia. His candidacy bin Hammam combined with concrete reform proposals in the event of his election. He wants to include the last increase in the controversial award of the World Cup 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) from corruption possible suspect of the Fifa Executive Committee from the current 24 to 41 members.
"I have the desire and the will to serve the Fifa," said bin Hammam in front of a poster with his likeness and the inscription "Future" ("Future"). The Asian top official long considered a close friend of Blatter and voices buyer in two election campaigns. But recently, he repeatedly criticized publicly the Fifa structures.
With his call to limit the term of office of the Fifa president general, however, he was failed in the past year. So far, eight of the Fifa president - the Brazilian João Havelange and seven Europeans. Bin Hammam would be the first Asian. With a response by Blatter on his rival candidates was not to be accountable first.
A few days ago the Swiss in the ZDF heute-journal had said: ".. If he wants to go into the election, he must distinguish itself somehow - then he should do it I do not need the" Blatter was in 1998 after an intense campaign to FIFA executive chair occupied. In a crucial vote, he beat out the former Uefa president Lennart Johansson.
2002 election victory was followed by the African Union chief Issa Hayatou. In 2007 Blatter unopposed by acclamation was confirmed in office.
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