Prince Ali Officially Announces FIFA Presidential Candidacy Again
September 9, 2015
By Christian Radnedge
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein has officially announced that he is to stand for the FIFA presidency for a second time.
Launching his campaign in his home city of Amman in Jordan, the former Vice President said he wanted to make “FIFA worthy of representing the greatest sport and the greatest fans on the planet.”
Prince Ali stood as the sole challenger to long-serving president Sepp Blatter in May’s election in Zurich.
However he withdrew before the second round of voting after polling 73 votes out of 209 in the first round.
Just days later Blatter announced his intention to stand down at an extraordinary elective congress next year.
UEFA president Michel Platini and former executive committee member Dr Chung Mong-joon are the other declared candidates seeking election in February.
However, Prince Ali dismissed both of their campaigns as “not good for FIFA” this week in an appearance at the Soccerex Convention in Manchester.
“We must take back the game we love,” Prince Ali said during his announcement speech.
“We must return to what makes football the greatest sport on Earth: hope, dignity, excellence and opportunity.
“My ambition now is to make FIFA worthy of representing the greatest sport and the greatest fans on the planet.”
FIFA’s member nations will vote to elect a new president in February 2016.
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