AFP, Melbourne :
FIFA presidential hopeful Prince Ali bin Al Hussein on Saturday called world football’s governing body “secretive” and expressed confidence he would oust Sepp Blatter in May.
Top Asian officials have been dismissive of the Jordanian royal’s election challenge, but Prince Ali predicted his manifesto to clean up FIFA’s tarnished image would persuade members to vote for him in the May 29 election.
“I’m not worrying about numbers at the moment,” he said. “We have a few months to go before the actual election, but I have total faith that they are decent people who will vote for the future of football. I have total confidence.”
Despite being shunned by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), whose president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa insisted there would be no backtracking on the regional body’s commitment to back Blatter’s bid for a fifth term, Prince Ali continued his call for more transparency.
