Two new names have been added to the list of candidates for FIfa president. The deadline for registration as a candidate is Monday, October 26th. Lots of names have been mentioned but there are only 4 official hopefuls so far.
Yesterday, Jerome Champagne declared he was going to stand. Mr Champagne was the former deputy General Secretary (to Sepp Blatter) at Fifa. He campaigned to run against Blatter at the last election, but didn't get the required support from five football federations. A candidate from within Fifa, with ties to Blatter? I don't know.
Today saw an interesting addition. Tokyo Sexwale, was a prisoner at Robben island with Nelson Mandela. He became a multi-millionaire mining tycoon and was also the host of South Africa's version of "The Apprentice". He has worked for Fifa on their anti-disrcrimination committee and was a mediator between the Israeli and Palestinian federations.
The above two gentlemen join David Nakhid, ex-captain of Trinidad and Tobago, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan and Michel Platini as candidates for the February 26th election.
Others will join. Former players Zico and Ramon Vega need to get the necessary support by Monday. Hopefully, national football associations around the world will see sense and not back the nomination of the controversial Sheikh Salman, of Bahrain.
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