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Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said that the search for a candidate to compete with Swiss Gianni Infantino in the FIFA presidential elections will not end with him or be settled on.
Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of Paris Saint-Germain
Qatari businessman Al-Khelaifi also heads the influential European football club group and is therefore a member of the executive committee of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which is leading efforts to oust Infantino after his plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors failed.
Al-Khelaifi explained during a press conference following the annual meeting of the European Football Clubs Association held yesterday, Tuesday, in the Danish capital, Copenhagen: "I have absolutely no interest in FIFA, nor any agenda or ambition to take up a position there."
The president of Paris Saint-Germain, the reigning Champions League title holders, added: "I don't think I'm the right person for this position, and frankly, I don't want to take it. I'm enjoying what I'm doing right now. I think the FIFA presidency isn't for me. Thank you."
The annual meeting of the group, which includes 900 clubs, came at a time of great political turmoil in football, amid questions about Infantino's future as FIFA president.
The meeting comes two months after Infantino's plan to create a multi-billion dollar FIFA subsidiary was revealed, before the plan was rejected a few days later, and it precedes the deadline for candidates to run against Infantino by seven weeks.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin is leading a campaign to end Infantino's presidency, either before or during the elections scheduled for March 18 in Morocco, as Ceferin spoke with club officials on Tuesday.
Ceferin said in a speech that lasted about ten minutes and in which he did not mention Infantino by name: "Football does not need emperors."
Ceferin, the FIFA vice president who ruled himself out of the running for the presidency of the international federation, stressed: "It is time to say: enough is enough. The rules were changed when they became inappropriate. People who were supposed to have a say were excluded. The future of football has become just another bargaining chip."
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