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World soccer's governing body, embroiled in a corruption
scandal that has led to indictments against several dozen senior
officials in the United States, will vote for its new leader on
Feb. 26.
Blatter is not standing, having been banned for eight years for
ethics violations.
"Four of the five candidates have spoken to me. I cannot take
sides, that is not possible," Blatter told French radio RMC.
He said several national federations had asked him who they
should vote for, but he told them to vote as they saw fit.
Bahraini Royal Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and UEFA
general secretary Gianni Infantino of Switzerland are the two
front-runners.
The other candidates are Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al Hussein,
Frenchman Jerome Champagne, the former deputy general secretary
of FIFA, and South African businessman and politician Tokyo
Sexwale.
(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; editing by John Stonestreet)
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