Platini hails Blatter’s ‘difficult’, ‘brave’ resignation, Prince Ali to stand again
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — UEFA president Michel Platini hailed the resignation of FIFA leader Sepp Blatter as a brave and difficult decision.
“It was a difficult decision, a brave decision, and the right decision,” Platini said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Jordanian Prince Ali bin al Hussein will stand in new elections for the presidency of world football’s governing body after Sepp Blatter announced he was to quit FIFA, a senior Jordanian football official told AFP.
Prince Ali failed in his bid last week to oust Blatter, the Swiss veteran winning a fifth term in Friday’s vote, but then announcing Tuesday that he was to step down amid a growing corruption scandal.
“As for new elections, Prince Ali is ready,” Sala Sabra, vice-president of the Jordanian football federation which the prince heads up, told AFP.
The prince, Sabra added, was also ready “to take up the presidency immediately if they ask him”.
