About a month before the election showdown in Zurich, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter on collision course with his challenger, Mohamed Bin Hammam. "I do not know why suddenly bin Hammam has been so aggressive. He added the Executive Committee repeatedly said he would never play against me, and now it's still that way, "said the 75-year-old who aspires to his fourth term as FIFA boss, the" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "I imagine that I have about half the votes in Asia and Africa and the rest of the world have a larger majority.
"The Swiss is more firmly in the 61st of his re-election Congress of the World Football Federation on 1 June in Zurich convinced. However, Blatter also seems to feel that he attended because of the corruption allegations double allocation of World Cup 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) is under pressure to act quickly and initiate reforms.
"I would like the example from the International Olympic Committee to take to avoid in the future, which has now taken place. The executive gets ten or twelve candidates, looks at it, suggests the best, and can then choose the General Assembly. That would be a solution to the FIFA, something positive, "said Blatter.
To overcome the credibility crisis of the FIFA, Blatter will soon make a so-called "Council of Wise Men" set. "It should be an institution that is operating outside of our tribal order. A 'wise men', but with a bit more power. There will be people who do not come from football. They should know something about football, but mainly to bring back the credibility, "said Blatter, who has already found a president for the new body, will publish the names as yet.
Blatter, however, against the planned reform of the World Federation Bin Hammam in a big way. "My feeling is it primarily a question of whether a circulation of Fifa is desired, as he suggests. So he says yes, I was too old and too tired. But I believe strongly that the football family want to abide by the Fifa that exists, "said Blatter, but will still make adjustments.
"Maybe it's good if you checks in 2004 laid down structures and developed new forms to the Congress in 2014. But you can not switch the Fifa say on two sides and now everything is completely different and the old no longer exists. This is an attack on the foundation of Fifa. "Meanwhile, defending opponent Bin Hammam on Friday against the accusation that he would double the votes for the election by the announcement that the annual financial allocations for the 208 member associations at $ 500,000 , buy.
"This is not unreasonable process. It is quite normal that the associations want to know what plans the candidate and how he wants to help them, "said the challenger from Qatar. The President of the Asian Football Confederation AFC feel declare themselves to be great support for his candidacy against Blatter.
"I have said in the announcement of my candidacy, my chances are at 50:50. These figures have not changed in my opinion so far. And I really hope the elections will be in the sense of fair play, "said the 61-year-old. 
"The Swiss is more firmly in the 61st of his re-election Congress of the World Football Federation on 1 June in Zurich convinced. However, Blatter also seems to feel that he attended because of the corruption allegations double allocation of World Cup 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar) is under pressure to act quickly and initiate reforms.
"I would like the example from the International Olympic Committee to take to avoid in the future, which has now taken place. The executive gets ten or twelve candidates, looks at it, suggests the best, and can then choose the General Assembly. That would be a solution to the FIFA, something positive, "said Blatter.
To overcome the credibility crisis of the FIFA, Blatter will soon make a so-called "Council of Wise Men" set. "It should be an institution that is operating outside of our tribal order. A 'wise men', but with a bit more power. There will be people who do not come from football. They should know something about football, but mainly to bring back the credibility, "said Blatter, who has already found a president for the new body, will publish the names as yet.
Blatter, however, against the planned reform of the World Federation Bin Hammam in a big way. "My feeling is it primarily a question of whether a circulation of Fifa is desired, as he suggests. So he says yes, I was too old and too tired. But I believe strongly that the football family want to abide by the Fifa that exists, "said Blatter, but will still make adjustments.
"Maybe it's good if you checks in 2004 laid down structures and developed new forms to the Congress in 2014. But you can not switch the Fifa say on two sides and now everything is completely different and the old no longer exists. This is an attack on the foundation of Fifa. "Meanwhile, defending opponent Bin Hammam on Friday against the accusation that he would double the votes for the election by the announcement that the annual financial allocations for the 208 member associations at $ 500,000 , buy.
"This is not unreasonable process. It is quite normal that the associations want to know what plans the candidate and how he wants to help them, "said the challenger from Qatar. The President of the Asian Football Confederation AFC feel declare themselves to be great support for his candidacy against Blatter.
"I have said in the announcement of my candidacy, my chances are at 50:50. These figures have not changed in my opinion so far. And I really hope the elections will be in the sense of fair play, "said the 61-year-old.
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