The 45-year-old Italian will receive the unanimous support of the executive committee of UEFA. “ We believe he has all the qualities to lead the reforms to FIFA” , is a statement of the European football.
“He has built good relationships with all stakeholders in football. He has long been an advocate of changes and developments in the FIFA and can provide a breath of fresh air. We are delighted that he wants to be a candidate and he has our full support to become FIFA president. ”
Infantino has been six years, the right of UEFA president Michel Platini. He is famous because he is always at the fore in lottery.
Platini is also in the race to following Sepp Blatter, but the Frenchman has been suspended by the ethics committee of the world football for ninety days.
The Jordanian Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, former footballer David Nakhid from Trinidad and Tobago, the Frenchman Jérôme Champagne, the South African Tokyo Sexwale and the Liberian Musa Bility put themselves even though candidate
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Chung
On Monday morning, on the last day that potential candidates can register, reported several media from the Middle East that Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the 79- year-old Blatter wants to succeed.
Later on Monday it was announced that the South Korean Chung Moon-joon has withdrawn. By a suspension on him imposed for corruption billionaire can not in time for election, he said in a statement.
Chung was by the ethics committee of FIFA suspended for six years because he is suspected to have bought votes for the World Cup bid from South Korea for 2022. The South Korean reiterates in its statement that the suspension is unfair.
The Brazilian Zico can count on the support from his own federation, as he at least five other countries to rally behind him knows.
The elections will take place on February 26, 2016, during an extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich. Blatter made in early June announced to resign, although he for his fifth term previous few days was chosen as president
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