mercredi 29 juillet 2015

FA backs Michel Platini as Fifa president while nominations stay open

• Frenchman yet to publish manifesto
• Prince Ali quick to voice criticism of Platini

The Football Association has backed Michel Platini’s bid to replace Sepp Blatter as Fifa president but warned that world football’s governing body must be “fundamentally changed” following the recent corruption scandal.

Platini, having received assurances he is likely to win the vote for the Fifa presidency next February, announced his candidacy in a letter sent to the organisation’s 209 member associations on Wednesday. The Uefa president has promised to transform Fifa’s disgraced reputation but within hours of launching the bid, he was accused by Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, a potential rival in the election, of being tainted by association with the Blatter era.

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