Asian soccer chief against challenging Blatter at FIFA
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THE Asian Football Confederation president has warned against any potential challenge to Sepp Blatter and pledged support for the controversial FIFA chief.
Blatter is seeking a fifth term in charge of football’s world governing body. Former FIFA official Jerome Champagne has said he plans to stand against Blatter — and has until late January to show he has the support of five national associations — while Harold Mayne-Nicholls, the former head of the Chilean federation, is also considering standing.
AFC boss Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa said that any challenger has to consider what is best for the continent as a whole. Speaking ahead of the AFC annual awards ceremony in Manila yesterday, he said: “If someone wants to run, they have to look at the interests of the whole continent... But it is a free choice, if they want to run, we can’t stop them.”
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