Fifa: the French Jérôme Champagne fourth presidential candidate – Le Parisien

23 Oct. 2015, 9:46 | Update: 23 Oct. 2015, 10:01

This is the fourth candidate said, and meeting the conditions, after the French Michel Platini (whose candidacy is frozen during his 90-day suspension), the Jordanian Prince Ali and the former captain of Trinidad and Tobago David Nakhid. Applications will be closed Monday and the election to the estate of Joseph Blatter Switzerland will take place February 26, 2016.

11 years at FIFA

Jérôme Champagne found that being from Fifa, which he left in 2010, was “not a handicap.” “I am not ashamed of years at FIFA,” he has said. “To carry out the reforms, we need someone who knows the institution from within, it is my case. The eleven years I spent there were not a handicap, on the contrary, “he added. “The time is serious, we need a strong Fifa. Fifa has 111 years, she has done many good things but now it is time for reform, “he said.

” A single reform will not suffice. That’s why I do not propose reforms but commitments “assured Jérôme Champagne, whose priorities are:” Adapting the governance of FIFA to today’s realities, apply the highest standards of transparency and ethics, modernize the administration, increase the presence of women and involve players, clubs and leagues by creating a division of professional football. “

Former advisor to Blatter

In the balance he paints of his years at FIFA, Jérôme Champagne takes advantage of having contributed to the implementation of the compensation paid to the system first club of a player during a transfer, and the “development of football in Cape Verde or in Palestine.” The French continue to advise the Palestinian Football Federation. In his letter to all federations, Jérôme Champagne wrote: “Saving Fifa because its governance role and redistribution (…) is now in grave danger.” “This is obviously also to restore credibility, “he added.

Diplomat training, Jérôme Champagne joined FIFA in 1999, where he held Advisor to the President Blatter (up in 2002), then deputy secretary general (2002-2005), Deputy President (2005-2007) and Director of International Relations (2007-2010). Before that, the former journalist (freelance for seven years in France Football magazine) had served as diplomatic adviser and chief of protocol of the French organizing committee for the World Cup 1998. supporter of Saint-Etienne ensures that this time , support for his candidacy “is much stronger”

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