adminLONDON. — Four of the candidates for president of FIFA are heading to Qatar for meetings today, with one of them, South African Tokyo Sexwale, saying “the time for alliances is coming”.
The development suggests that electoral horse-trading might be about to begin in the battle to replace Sepp Blatter as head of football’s world governing body. Spokesmen for the frontrunners, Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Gianni Infantino, and for Sexwale confirmed that they will be in Doha for a game today and to meet with Asian member associations of FIFA.
A spokesman for Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, also a candidate, later confirmed he would be travelling to Qatar for today’s game – the final of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 Championship between South Korea and Japan. — Reuters.
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