Maradona plans to run for FIFA top post

Firstclass newslinelearnt that Diego Maradona has decided to stand as
a candidate for the FIFA presidency to replace Sepp Blatter, the
Uruguayan journalist and author Victor Hugo Morales has said.
According toThe Guardian, Morales said that Maradona had told him of
his intention when he called the former coach of the Argentina team to
check on the condition of his sick father on Sunday.
"He told me he was going to run for president of FIFA and authorised
me to inform," Morales posted in Spanish on his Twitter feed.
"I am a candidate' were the two words Diego Maradona used to answer me
when I consulted him about the nomination for the presidency of FIFA,"
he added in another tweet.
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro suggested this month that
Maradona should become the next FIFA President. The former Argentina
captain, 54, has long been a trenchant critic of Blatter and last
month said he was "enjoying" the corruption scandal that led the Swiss
to announce he would stand down.
Like the Brazilian Zico, another great former player who has announced
his candidacy, Maradona might struggle to get the support of
federations from five countries, as required under FIFA statutes.
The Liberia Football Association chairman, Musa Bility, is the other
candidate announced so far for a ballot likely to take place later
this year or in early 2016.
Morales is famous around Latin America for his passionate commentary
of Maradona's wonder goal against England at the 1986 World Cup.
Maradona led Argentina to their second World Cup triumph in that
tournament. The pair hosted a TV show together for the Venezuelan
station, TeleSUR, during last year's World Cup in Brazil.
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