• Prince Ali stands again after defeat to Sepp Blatter in May
• ‘I believe in this organisation. Together we will accomplish it noteworthy’Prince Ali bin al-Hussein,a member of Jordan’s ruling family, has chosen a moment when his rival for the Fifa presidency, and Michel Platini,is most vulnerable, to formally submit his candidature for the election, and which is still scheduled for February.
Platini’s position as Europe’s candidate will be discussed on Thursday at a Uefa executive committee meeting in his absence,following the Uefa president’s suspension from all football activities for 90 days by Fifa’s ethics committee, which is investigating the £1.35m payment he received from Fifa in 2011.
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Source: theguardian.com