DOHA: Asian soccer chief Mohammed Hammam hinted again on Tuesday that he could challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency later this year.
Qatari Hammam, who has just begun a third and final four-year term as AFC president, continues to duck straight questions on whether he will run against Blatter in June, instead dropping hints of a possible election bid.
“The thought does interest me, yes,” said Hammam when asked how he felt about running for FIFA president.
“The ambition is a legitimate one, and if people think they can add to the organisation, then why not?
“I am 62 years old. I have almost worked in football administration for 40 years. And one thing I learned about sport is that competition is very healthy for the organisations – no matter what the result of the competition is, and elections are a form of competition.”
Blatter is seeking a fourth term as the head of soccer’s world governing body and was in Doha earlier this month to see one of his old adversaries Chung Mong-joon of South Korea lose his FIFA executive committee seat to the Swiss’ ally Prince Ali of Jordan.
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