Sepp Blatter quits: Who will replace the Fifa president? Michel Platini and Prince Ali among favourites
Current Uefa president is among obvious potential candidates
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Your support makes all the difference.Sepp Blatter has announced that he is standing down as president of Fifa.
The Swiss, who has been in charge of world football's governing body since 1998, only won a fifth term as president last week. However allegations of corruption and arrests of top officials have taken their toll, leading to his decision.
“I will organise extraordinary congress for a replacement for me as president,” said the 79-year-old. “I will not stand. I am now free from the constraints of an election. I will be in a position to focus on profound reforms. For many years we have called for reforms. But these are not sufficient.
“We need a limitation on mandates and terms of office. I have fought for these changes but my efforts have been counteracted.”
Any new elections cannot take place until December at the earliest, with a time-frame of between December and March 2016 put on the search for a new successor.
So who might be the next president of Fifa? We take a look at the candidates...
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