Luis Figo has announced that he has met the minimum requirement of
five nominations from national associations in his bid for Fifa
presidency.
The former Portugal star is among six men who have confirmed their
intention to stand for office at May’s election, including current
president Sepp Blatter.
All candidates were compelled to enter the names of five national FAs
which were willing to nominate them for election ahead of the deadline
for January 29 at midnight, and Figo has revealed that he met the
requirement on Thursday.
“I am very happy to confirm that my six nominations were delivered to
Fifa this week ahead of the deadline,” the ex-Barcelona, Real Madrid
and Inter winger announced via Twitter.
“I'd like to thank my colleagues and friends from the nominating FAs
and across the football family who have already given me their backing.”
While he did not confirm which associations had backed him for the
position, it is believed that Portugal, Denmark, Montenegro, Macedonia,
Luxembourg and Poland were the half-dozen who leant their weight to the
42-year-old’s campaign.
Figo and Blatter have been joined in the race by Jerome Champagne,
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein,
David Ginola and Michael van Praag, but so
far no other candidate has confirmed whether they have met Fifa’s
requirements by the deadline.
The world governing body will confirm the final list of candidates
during February after its Electoral Committee has studied the submitted
paperwork.
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