FIFA president Joseph Blatter has expressed confidence he will continue to head football’s world governing body following its congress next month.
“I am sure and confident that there will be no changes in FIFA,” Blatter said at the end of the congress held in Miami by CONCACAF, the confederation of North and Central America and Caribbean football.
The 40-member CONCACAF had been expected Tuesday to announce its support for Blatter in his campaign to be re-elected president at FIFA’s congress in Zurich on June 1.
However, delegates have instead invited his opponent, Mohamad Bin Hammam, the Asian Football Confederation president, to address delegates at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) congress on May 10.
CONCACAF president Jack Warner confirmed the confederation would, as usual, vote as a block in Zurich.
Blatter, 75, who has been in charge of FIFA since 1998, has attended every CONCACAF congress over the past 20 years. He said he was not campaigning for votes in the region because the Americas have “always been my base.” He added: “I have my programme based on discipline, the respect for each other and a clean game. This is the legacy which I am continuing to defend as I have done during the 36 years I have served FIFA,” he said.
