FIFA confirm four candidates to stand for president

 

FIFA have confirmed that

• incumbent Sepp Blatter
• former Portugal forward Luis Figo
• Dutch FA president Michael van Praag and 
• Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan 

have bid to stand for president.

FIFA's governing body said in a statement that the four would be subject to integrity checks carried out by FIFA's ethics committee before they could be formally declared as candidates.
"Upon receipt of the results of the integrity checks, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee will reconvene in order to review all of the submissions and validate their compliance with the applicable FIFA regulatory provisions," said FIFA in a statement.
"Following this process, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee will formally admit and declare the candidates who are eligible for the office of FIFA President."

SeppBlatter(78)is standing for a fifth mandate, having been in power since 1998 and is widely expected to win the vote in Zurich on May 29,2015