Diego Maradona will stand for the presidency of
scandal-tainted FIFA presidency, a Uruguayan journalist who presents a
television show with the Argentine football legend, said Monday.
“‘I am candidate’ are the words that Diego Maradona used
when I asked him about the candidacy for the FIFA presidency,” journalist
Victor Hugo Morales said on Twitter.
Morales said he had telephoned Maradona to ask how his
father was. The two present the De Zurda television show together. Maradona is
a strong critic of FIFA under current president Sepp Blatter, who announced
last month that he would step down.
World football’s governing body has been rocked by two
multinational corruption investigations launched by US and Swiss authorities.
Former Brazilian star Zico and Liberian football federation
president Musa Bility have already declared themselves candidates. The special
FIFA congress will not be held before December
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