FIFA: AFC president Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa supports the candidacy of Michel Platini

Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Bahrain), president of the AFC and a vice-president of FIFA, announced his personal support for the candidacy of Michel Platini for FIFA president on 14/08/2015. Michel Platini (FRA), president of UEFA since 2007, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the international federation on 29/07/2015.

"We need a leadership with experience, wisdom and ability to bring back stability to FIFA. Michel Platini boasts such characteristics and has an ambitious vision to renew belief in the organisation," said Sheikh Salman. The president of the Asian confederation explained, on 14/08/2015, that while his endorsement of Michel Platini is a personal one at this stage, he made it clear he wanted his region to be united in the vote, "for the good of Asian football".

In previous elections, the AFC had supported the candidacy of Joseph Blatter (SUI), who was reelected to a fifth term (2015-2019 period) on 29/05/2015. Joseph Blatter announced, on 02/06/2015, that he "would lay down my mandate" at an extraordinary FIFA Congress to elect his successor. These…