adminARGENTINA great Diego Maradona plans to run for the FIFA presidency, according to Uruguayan author and journalist Victor Hugo Morales.
Maradona has been a long-time critic of FIFA under Sepp Blatter’s reign, with the ex-Napoli attacker feeling vindicated by the corruption scandal surrounding the world footballing body.
Blatter has resigned from the presidency but remains in the post until a new election is held, which is expected in December or early next year.
And Maradona harbours ambitions of taking on the job, so says Morales, who co-hosted a television programme with the 54-year-old during last year’s World Cup finals.
“He told me he was going to run for president of FIFA and authorised me to inform,” tweeted Morales.
“’I am a candidate’ were the words Diego Maradona used to answer me when I consulted him about the nomination for the presidency of FIFA.”
Former Brazil star Zico and Liberia Football Association chief Musa Bility recently declared their interest in succeeding Blatter.— BBC Sport.
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