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FIFA candidate reveals backers as he launches leadership bid

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali of Jordan has launched his campaign to take the top job in...



FIFA candidate reveals backers...
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FIFA candidate reveals backers as he launches leadership bid

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali of Jordan has launched his campaign to take the top job in world football.

The Jordanian FA chief revealed that alongside the Football Association he was also backed to run by Belarus, Malta, Georgia and the United States.

Prince Ali says that FIFA needs to regain the trust of the fans, and that a change at the top is the only way to make that happen.

"In the past, people have taken a principled stand and have been punished for it. I hope that if things are played fairly, things will go in the appropriate way. I have to reassure our national associations that I will be the right candidate for them," he said.

The other challengers for the FIFA top job are ex-Real Madrid and Barcelona winger Luis Figo and Dutch FA head Michael van Praag, after ex-FIFA official Jerome Champagne and David Ginola pulled out for varying reasons.

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