You would think that with one of Fifa's most important votes coming up in a few weeks, we would be inundated with news about the Presidential candidates. If you look for it you will find it, but there's a hardly a sense of a build up to the big day.
So here's a couple of interesting stories from today. One candidate, Jerome Champagne, was having lunch today with Noël Le Graët, President of the French Football Federation. Le Graët told Champagne that he was going to vote for UEFA's candidate, Gianni Infantino, to which Champagne responded that he would protest at the highest political level. Le Graët stood up, yelled and swore at Champagne, threw money down on the table (for the bill, no bribes here) and stormed out. It really happened. There are witnesses. So all fun over there in France.
Meanwhile, our favourite named candidate, Tokyo Sexwale has admitted he has a strategy. And it's not about him winning. It's about ensuring the winner is from Asia and Africa. So he's talking about alliances. And apparently Doha is the place to be this Saturday for those ready to discuss some serious football politics. There's a football match going on so that's always an excuse for a bit of over the top wining and dining. As if even more proof was needed that this election is all about politics. And it's the same game that's been going on at Fifa for years, with different players.
http://www.theguardian.com/…/fifa-president-candidate-tokyo…
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