FIFA Approves Five Presidential Candidates... View Them Here...

FIFA on Thursday approved five candidates to stand in February’s vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football’s governing body, but Michel Platini has not yet made the list.

According to a FIFA statement; The five who met the qualifications following a series of integrity tests were: 

Prince Ali Al Hussein

Jerome Champagne

Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa

Gianni Infantino

Tokyo Sexwale

The candidacy of Platini, the suspended head of European football who had been the favourite to succeed Blatter, will be examined once his 90-day suspension byFIFA’s ethics committee is over.

The only candidate to be disqualified after receiving provisional approval was Musa Bility, the head of the Liberian football association.

“The Ad-hoc Electoral Committee did not admit the candidature of Musa Hassan Bility, in view of the content of the integrity check report relating to him,” the statement said.

FIFA said it had explained the reasons for disqualification privately to Bility, but it would not make the specifics public.