Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter, long reigning president of world football governing body, FIFA announced his resignation on Tuesday, five days after he won re-election for a fersh fifth term.
An extra-ordinary session of FIFA will be called ‘as soon as possible’ to elect Blatter’s successor. The meeting is expected to hold by December.
But here are the possible candidates lining up to take Blatter’s seat:
Among potential candidates to lead FIFA, UEFA chief Michel Platini, a former French international soccer star, is the favourite.
He is ahead of Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, who withdrew from last week’s presidential election after winning 73 votes to Blatter’s 133 in the first round.
Chung Mong-joon, billionaire scion of South Korea’s Hyundai conglomerate, said he would consider running.
Other possible candidates include Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee, Jerome Champagne, a former French diplomat and FIFA deputy secretary general, and German Wolfgang Niersbach, an ex-media chief at FIFA.
Former international stars Zico and Diego Maradona have also been mentioned.