Eight men are contesting next February’s presidential election but they give little hope of a radical post-Sepp Blatter reform at world football’s governing bodyIf a week is a long time in politics,then the cliche has recently been extended for the febrile, insular ((adj.) separated and narrow-minded; tight-knit, closed off), or double-dealing,ever-shifting world of its sporting sibling. As world football cries out for a new start, the eight candidates who own lined up to reconstruct the discredited Fifa that Sepp Blatter built reach with enough baggage to set aside an airport terminal to shame.
Rewind a month and amid the wreckage of the US and Swiss corruption investigations Michel Platini was the odds-on favourite to replace his one-time mentor in Zurich.
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Source: theguardian.com