When you hear the name of David Nakhid, candidate for Fifa president, former captain of Trinidad and Tobago, it's easy to stop there and think he's just another ex-footballer trying to get into football administration, albeit at the highest level possible. Then you (I) think, everybody has a story, famous or not. What's his story? After playing in Switzerland and the US, he now has a football academy in Lebanon. Significant? Well, when you read about what he thinks about his rival candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, and his possible rival candidate Sheikh Salman, it should make you think that he knows what he's talking about. He knows the region, he knows the football there but more importantly he knows the politics. And it looks like that's where the next president may be coming from.
"You look at Prince Ali, someone who has been head of his own association since he was 23, 16 years. Now he wants to come and talk about reform? He has been there 16 years by decree. What can he tell us about reform? Has he had a challenger in those 16 years or has been there as a Prince? Come on".
I like this guy. Sadly, he is a political lightweight in this race. Only the naive few would think that a love of football, and all that goes with that, counts for much.
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-david-nakhid-launches-fifa-campaign-with-attack-on-front-runners-for-presidency-2136222
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