The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has reported its last endorsed rundown of three competitors running for the presidential post in Europes overseeing assortment of football.
“UEFA has been informed by the FIFA Review Committee that all of the candidates running for election at the UEFA Congress on September 14, 2016 in Athens have successfully passed the eligibility checks conducted by FIFA,” UEFA announced in its statement on Friday.
“Aleksander Ceferin, Michael van Praag and Angel Maria Villar — who will be running for the position of UEFA President and would thus automatically become FIFA vice-president — have all complied with the eligibility requirements,” the statement added.
While van Praag is the president of the Royal Dutch Football Association, Villar serves as the Spanish football body president. Villar is likewise the acting UEFA president.
UEFA will choose its new president on September 14 in Athens and all applicants wishing to keep running for the administration needed to present their applications by July 20, reports Tass.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who is additionally the president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), reported in June that the RFU would vote in favor of the bid of Ceferin, the leader of the Football Association of Slovenia.
Frenchman Michel Platini, who is thought to be one of the best footballers ever, had been in charge of UEFA since 2007 until he was suspended recently.
Last October, Platini and after that President of FIFA Sepp Blatter were both suspended for 90 days from their posts as a feature of the examination concerning defilement affirmations against them.
