Sepp Blatter Opens Door to Remaining FIFA President for Fifth Term

Sepp Blatter, president of soccer’s most powerful body FIFA has admitted he could not turn down a fifth term in the position if he was asked to.

The 77-year-old resident of Zurich has indicated he would seek a fifth term as head of FIFA if he receives enough backing from the member associations.

Blatter told a radio station in Switzerland: “I’m in good health and I don’t see why I should now think about stopping the work.

“If the member associations ask me to be a candidate I would not say ‘no’.”

Blatter became president in June 1998 when he beat the then boss of UEFA Lennart Johansson.

Since then Blatter has been returned three more times.

His first involvement with FIFA came in 1975 when he became their technical director until 1981, before spending 17 years as general secretary.

If Blatter contends he will face Jerome Champagne, the former FIFA deputy general secretary, who admitted he couldn’t beat Blatter if he seeked re-election.

Voting for the post of FIFA president takes place next year.