Infantino for President (I say quietly).

Day -856. ‪WorldCup2018‬.

The least of all evils. That is Gianni Infantino in the race to be the next Fifa president. I admit that all I know about him is what I read and he has achieved quite a lot with UEFA. My oft-repeated opinion is that all the candidates should be excluded because they were all part of the old Fifa. But my other wish is if that that wish doesn't come true then I hope that Gianni Infantino beats the current favourite, Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa. Or is he?

Last week the African confederation, CAF, endorsed Sheikh Salman, seemingly giving him all 54 African votes. But since then, South Sudan have said they are backing Infantino. And Musa Bility, the Liberian FA president claimed that at least 26 African nations are going to defy CAF's endorsement. It's not all good news for Infantino as Bility said Liberia will vote for another candidate, Prince Ali, as did Egypt. The other 24? If Bility's claim is true that could be very interesting.

In more good news for Infantino, the 10 South American countries of COMNEBOL pledged their support for him. And so did the Caribbean Footbal Union and the Central American Football Union, both regional bodies with the continental confederation, CONCACAF. If that support carries on throughout CONCACAF, then that's a possible 35 votes for Infantino, plus the 10 from COMNEBOL. And more European countries are confirming that they will vote for Infantino. There are 53 votes in Europe. This will all go a long way towards countering the almost definite 46 Asian votes for Sheikh Salman and the uncertain number from Africa.

It may come down to a few important votes from the small countries, like Malta and Tahiti, who's vote in Fifa's ridiculous system have equal weight as those of countries such as Brazil and Germany.

The Maltese FA have, in the past, declared their support for Prince Ali, who himself said that he entered the race after receiving personal backing from the Maltese FA president. I'll have to get working on my contacts there to get them to not waste their vote on the Prince.

After a few months of silence this is now getting juicy. May the best man (Infantino) win.