The National’s Sport cover for the Wednesday, June 3 issue, featuring Sepp Blatter as he stunned the world of football with his abrupt resignation as Fifa president.
Paul Oberjuerge and Gary Meenaghan combine to look at what the development means for the world of football – how it came to be and who we might expect to lead the organisation next.
Gary identifies Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, Michel Platini, Jerome Champagne, Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Ibrahim Al Sabah, David Gill and Issa Haytou as some of his most interesting candidates to succeed Blatter. Paul, meanwhile, runs down the whirlwind week that ended Tuesday in Blatter leaving the post he had held so long atop world football.
“Monday, June 1: US authorities link Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke, Blatter’s closest associate, to $10m in transfers from South Africa 2010 to Concacaf.
“Tuesday, June 2: Blatter resigns.”
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