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Sepp Blatter,
who is expected to be re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term on Friday
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Sepp Blatter, who is
expected to be re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term on Friday, likened
himself to a Swiss mountain goat on Sunday, famed for their stubborn endurance.
Blatter will face a challenge for the presidency from Jordanian
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein at the FIFA Congress on Friday after contenders
Michael van Praag of the Netherlands and Luis Figo of Portugal pulled out of
the contest on Thursday.
Reuters report continues:
They collectively represented those who think Blatter should quit
after so many years in the job, but Blatter told the NZZ newspaper in an
interview: "I am a mountain goat that keeps going and going and going, I
cannot be stopped, I just keep going."
Blatter, who will be 80 next year, said in the interview that he
"is a simple, devout man" and that the first thing he always does
when he returns to his home town of Visp where he was born is to visit the
family grave.
He said two weeks ago, he "connected" with his deceased
mother, who bid him to join her.
He said, "I'm doing well, it is not time yet."
Blatter was first elected FIFA president in 1998 and is expected
to be re-elected by an overwhelming majority of FIFA's 209 member associations
when the secret ballot takes place at Zurich's Hallenstadion.
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