Sepp Blatter congratulated Gianni Infantino on being elected his successor as Fifa president following a campaign focused on the need to condemn his scandal-plagued 18-year era to the past.
Sepp Blatter congratulated Gianni Infantino on being elected his successor as Fifa president following a campaign focused on the need to condemn his scandal-plagued 18-year era to the past. “I congratulate Gianni sincerely and from the bottom of my heart for his election,” Blatter said.
Blatter was suspended by Fifa in October after Swiss prosecutors announced he was the target of an investigation into criminal mismanagement and misuse of funds.
The 79-year-old Swiss national, however, warned that his successor will now face even higher expectations after the multilingual lawyer,
who cut his teeth at Uefa where he was secretary-general, set out radical proposals for change.
“With the adoption of the reform programme, expectations on him will be even higher. But I am convinced that my successor will put them in place,” said Blatter, currently serving a six-year ban from the game.
“With his experience, his capacities, his sense of strategy and diplomacy, he has all the qualities to continue my work and drive Fifa towards stability.”
Blatter wished Infantino “a lot of luck and success”.
