Fifa president Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will stand for a fifth term next year.
The 78-year-old succeeded Joao Havelange in 1998 as the eighth president of world football’s governing body and was re-elected in 2002, 2007 and unopposed in 2011- at which time he had claimed would be his last.
The Swiss has made no secret over the past months of his intention to stand again and says he would officially inform the Fifa executive committee of his plans at then nect meeting on 25 and 26 September.
“I will inform the executive committee. It’s a question of respect also to say then to the football family, ‘Yes I will be ready. I will be a candidate,” Blatter said in a video interview played at the Soccerex conference in Manchester.
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