Blatter set to run for another term as FIFA President

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will stand for a fifth term as president of the football body next year.

 

Blatter's statement follows UEFA president Michel Platini announcing last month that he would not stand for the post.

 

According to reports, Blatter said he would officially inform the FIFA executive committee of his plans at the next meeting on 25 and 26 September.

 

The 78-year-old said in a video interview played at the Soccerex conference in Manchester: ''I will inform the executive committee. It’s a question of respect also to say then to the football family, ''Yes I will be ready. I will be a candidate.''

 

''You see a mission is never finished. And my mission is not finished.

 

The election will take place at the FIFA Congress next May. The only other declared candidate is the former Fifa deputy secretary general Jerome Champagne, although the candidacy deadline is not until January next year.