Asian football, said he would decide on whether to run "after meeting with prominent figures in international football and listening to their opinions".
POSTED: 03 Jun 2015 17:59
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Former FIFA vice president and powerbroker of Asian football, Chung Mong-joon, speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Jun 3, 2015. (Photo: AFP/Ed Jones)
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SEOUL: South Korea's Chung Mong-joon, a former FIFA vice president and powerbroker of Asian football, said on Wednesday (Jun 3) he was considering entering the race to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body.
Chung, a billionaire scion of Korea's Hyundai group, was a long-time critic of Blatter and had hinted at a challenge for the presidency before losing his own position on the FIFA executive board to Prince Ali bin al Hussein of Jordan in 2011.
Addressing a press conference in Seoul, Chung said he would decide on whether to run "after meeting with prominent figures in international football and listening to their opinions".
Chung joins an unofficial shortlist of possible candidates to replace Blatter that includes the likes of UEFA president Michel Platini and Chung's former rival Prince Ali, as well as football greats like Brazil's Zico and Portugal's Luis Figo.
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POSTED: 03 Jun 2015 17:59
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Former FIFA vice president and powerbroker of Asian football, Chung Mong-joon, speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Jun 3, 2015. (Photo: AFP/Ed Jones)
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SEOUL: South Korea's Chung Mong-joon, a former FIFA vice president and powerbroker of Asian football, said on Wednesday (Jun 3) he was considering entering the race to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body.
Chung, a billionaire scion of Korea's Hyundai group, was a long-time critic of Blatter and had hinted at a challenge for the presidency before losing his own position on the FIFA executive board to Prince Ali bin al Hussein of Jordan in 2011.
Addressing a press conference in Seoul, Chung said he would decide on whether to run "after meeting with prominent figures in international football and listening to their opinions".
Chung joins an unofficial shortlist of possible candidates to replace Blatter that includes the likes of UEFA president Michel Platini and Chung's former rival Prince Ali, as well as football greats like Brazil's Zico and Portugal's Luis Figo.
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