FIFA president, Joseph S. Blatter, announced that he decided to step down from his post four years from now, if he is re-elected as president of the association football world was in June.
The man who was familiarly called Sepp Blatter announced the decision while attending the UEFA Congress to-53 at the Grand Palais, Paris, on Tuesday (22 / 3). He announced it at this time because he was a candidate for the election of new president of FIFA that will be done next June.
"You know very well that I am a candidate for the FIFA President next four years. However, it will be the last four years because now I am a candidate," said Blatter as reported by Goal.com.
Blatter who is the eighth president of FIFA and has served since 1998, will again be a candidate this year in the FIFA president FIFA Congress which will begin on May 31 next and will compete with the leaders of Asian football confederation, AFC, Mohamed Bin Hammam.