FIFA: "Such misconduct has no place in football" (Joseph Blatter)

"Let me be clear: such misconduct has no place in football and we will ensure that those who engage in it are put out of the game," stated Joseph Blatter, the FIFA president, in a statement on the website of the international federation on 27/05/2015.

Eugenio Figueredo (Uruguay) and Jeffrey Webb (Cayman Islands), two of the eight vice-presidents of FIFA, and five other leaders of international football were arrested in Zurich (SUI) on 27/05/2015, following extradition requests made by United States, on the eve of the opening of the FIFA Congress (28 and 29/05/2015), in which the president of the international federation for the 2015-2019 period will be elected.

Two presidential candidates, Joseph Blatter (SUI) and Ali Bin Al Hussein (JOR)

"The election of the president" is the item 17 on the agenda of the 65^th FIFA Congress, scheduled on 28 and 20/05/2015.

Two candidates are running for the 209 votes from the presidents of national federations:

• Joseph Blatter (SUI), 79 years old, FIFA president since 1998.
• Ali Bin Al Hussein (JOR), 39 years old, president of the Jordanian…