Mohamed bin Hammam called yesterday for Sepp Blatter, the president of Fifa, to be included in the current bribery investigation that the Qatari candidate faces on Sunday.
Bin Hammam, who is due to stand against the incumbent in next Wednesday's election, has denied any wrongdoing.
"As the recent accusations also mention incumbent Fifa president Joseph Blatter, Mohamed Bin Hammam has requested that the investigation be extended to include Mr Blatter," a statement from bin Hammam's spokesman said.
Blatter denied involvement in the corruption charges against his election rival, expressing his "shock and dismay" at the latest scandal to rock world football.
In a column on the InsideWorldFootball blog, Blatter said suggestions that the allegations against bin Hammam were politically motivated ahead of the presidential election were "ludicrous".
"I take no joy to see men who stood by my side for some two decades, suffer through public humiliation without having been convicted of any wrongdoing," Blatter wrote in his column.
"To now assume that the present ordeal of my opponent were to fill me with some sort of perverse satisfaction or that this entire matter was somehow masterminded by me is ludicrous and completely reprehensible."
Football's world governing body was thrown into uproar on Wednesday after Fifa announced it had opened a corruption investigation into bin Hammam, the Asian Football Confederation chief, and his North American counterpart, Jack Warner.
Bin Hammam, Warner and two officials from the Caribbean Football Union have been ordered to appear before the ethics committee.
British media reports said bin Hammam and Warner are accused of offering US$40,000 (Dh196,000) cash gifts to national associations at the May 10 and 11 talks in Trinidad & Tobago in return for their votes in the Fifa presidential vote.
Bin Hammam strongly denied the allegations insisting the claims would "vanish in the wind" while accusing Blatter of engineering the investigation.
"This move is little more than a tactic being used by those who have no confidence in their own ability to emerge successfully from the Fifa presidential election," he said. "I am confident that there is no charge to answer and that I will be free to stand in the Fifa presidential election on June 1 as originally planned."
The allegations threaten to upend bin Hammam's campaign, which is founded on an anti-corruption theme, and have also further besmirched the image of Fifa.
Some have suggested the election should be put off till a later date.
* Agencies
COMPANY PROFILE
Company name: Klipit
Started: 2022
Founders: Venkat Reddy, Mohammed Al Bulooki, Bilal Merchant, Asif Ahmed, Ovais Merchant
Based: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Digital receipts, finance, blockchain
Funding: $4 million
Investors: Privately/self-funded
The specs: 2018 Ford F-150
Price, base / as tested: Dh173,250 / Dh178,500
Engine: 5.0-litre V8
Power: 395hp @ 5,000rpm
Torque: 555Nm @ 2,750rpm
Transmission: 10-speed automatic
Fuel consumption, combined: 12.4L / 100km
Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
Read more from Kareem Shaheen
THE BIO
Favourite car: Koenigsegg Agera RS or Renault Trezor concept car.
Favourite book: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes or Red Notice by Bill Browder.
Biggest inspiration: My husband Nik. He really got me through a lot with his positivity.
Favourite holiday destination: Being at home in Australia, as I travel all over the world for work. It’s great to just hang out with my husband and family.
The Breadwinner
Director: Nora Twomey
Starring: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq
Three stars