It was meant as a joke, but Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein inadvertently cut to the chase with the perception hanging over world football as it wrestles with the decision as to re-elect FIFA president Sepp Blatter or opt for a new beginning.
“Do we have any football questions?” quipped the Jordanian, as he launched his bid to become head of an organization whose reputation has taken a bit battering in recent years.
Yes, there was last year’s World Cup, which garnered plenty of plaudits, but invariably when FIFA’s name crops up it’s to do with the rights and wrongs of its decision to award the next two competitions to Russia and Qatar.
So as a light dusting of snow slowly melted outside a swanky London hotel, Prince Ali turned up the heat on the current head of world football.
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In the meantime Ali had better get used to talking politics, as it seems football is off the agenda.
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