Chung Hints At Running For Fifa Presidency
FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon of South Korea has hinted that he could oppose Sepp Blatter for the world football governing body’s presidency at next May’s elections.??
When asked at at the Leaders In Football conference in London whether Chung would stand he said: ‘I had not thought of that, now you have asked me I will think about it.’??
He added that it ‘was too early to say there will be no contender next May,’ and said that ‘You need competition at the summit, we need to keep FIFA healthy.’??
Chung also stated that the decision on who hosts the World Cup finals in 2018 and 2022 ‘might affect the atmosphere of the presidential election next year.’??
Blatter is so far the only declared candidate for the election, who was re-elected unopposed in 2002 and 2007 after initially winning the post in 1998.
